NewzMYLA, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone struck a warehouse west of Kyiv that Ukrainian officials say may have been illegally storing munitions, sparking explosions and fires that damaged dozens of nearby homes and buildings and killing 37 people in the war's deadliest attack this year.The Friday night attack on the warehouse in Myla, a village in the Bucha district, came on the second of three days of nearly round-the-clock Russian strikes that have severely disrupted life in and around the Ukrainian capital. Kyiv officials said an unmanned vehicle hit the building, though they didn't specify whether it was one of the jet-powered drones that Russia has increasingly been using to pierce Ukraine's defenses.The warehouse strike sparked a fire that swept through homes and damaged at least 50 residential buildings, said Tymur Tkachenko, head of the local regional military administration. Local media later cited him as saying 34 of the people killed were residents of a care home for the elderly and disabled.
More than 370 people were evacuated.“At about 8 p.m., the drone hit a warehouse somewhere and then the detonation began," Oleksandr Vodolaz, a local resident, told The Associated Press. “No one knew that weapons were stored there."The 37 killed surpassed the 31 who died in a July 2 strike on Kyiv, which had been the war's deadliest attack of 2026.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described it as a “terrible situation” and said it appeared to be the result of “terrible negligence on the part of those who stored explosives right next to people.”Kyiv investigates warehouse targeted in attackThe warehouse strike was followed by a detonation, Zelenskyy said in a statement. He didn't specify what was kept at the site, but he pointed out that Ukrainian law forbids the storage of ammunition close to people's homes and said criminal proceedings have been opened.“Those who allowed this to happen must be held accountable for their decisions,” he said.Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi also didn't offer information on the warehouse, but he referenced a July attack on the Kyiv suburb of Vyshneve that struck an ammunition depot, killing 22 people and triggering large detonations and fires that tore through nearby homes.“Unfortunately, we can already see that the terrible tragedy in Vyshneve did not become a lesson,” Koretskyi said.
A Russian drone struck a warehouse west of Kyiv that may have been illegally storing munitions in a residential area, according to Ukrainian officials, sparking explosions and fires that damaged dozens of nearby homes and buildings and killing 37 people in one of the war's deadliest attacks this year.The Friday night attack on the warehouse in Myla, a village in the Bucha district, came on the second of three days of nearly round-the-clock Russian strikes that have severely disrupted life in and around the Ukrainian capital. More than 370 people were evacuated.RELATED STORY | Russian drone pilot had 15 seconds to look his target in the eye. He struck anywayUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described it as a terrible situation and said it appeared to be the result of terrible negligence on the part of those who stored explosives right next to people.Kyiv investigates warehouse targeted in attackThe warehouse strike was followed by a detonation, Zelenskyy said in a statement.
In the fifth year of a full-scale invasion, making the same mistakes is criminal negligence. And all those guilty, without exception, must be severely punished so that such situations do not happen again.Russia's Defense Ministry said …
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