Russian Drone Strike Near Kyiv Kills 27
Russian Drone Strike Near Kyiv Kills 27
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A Russian drone strike set a warehouse on the outskirts of Kyiv ablaze on Friday night, killing at least 27 people and wounding 42, Ukrainian authorities said Saturday.
The strike hit the village of Myla in the Bucha district shortly after 8 p.m. local time, touching off a fire that was, in the words of regional military administration head Tymur Tkachenko, "accompanied by explosions."
More than 380 people are being evacuated from the area around the site, Tkachenko said on Telegram. He warned the death toll may still rise.
Timeline
Russian forces resumed drone attacks across Ukraine's Kyiv region for a second straight day, hitting apartment buildings, warehouses and storage depots, the Associated Press reported.
A drone strike ignites a warehouse in Myla, in Kyiv's Bucha district. Fire and secondary explosions follow. Tkachenko initially reported more than 200 people evacuated, including children, and at least six wounded.
Tkachenko puts the toll at at least 27 dead and 42 wounded, with more than 380 people being evacuated. Ukraine's prosecutor's office opens a negligence investigation into how explosive material was stored at the site.
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Ukraine's prosecutor's office said its investigation will examine "the legality of the ... storage of explosive objects and materials on the enterprise's grounds" and whether the company — which was not named — held the "necessary permits and approvals."
Prime Minister Sergiy Koretsky said the country had failed to learn from a deadly July strike on a munitions depot in Vyshneve, near Kyiv, where investigators found a state-owned company had ignored safety standards despite nearby homes.
"In the fifth year of the full-scale invasion, making the same mistakes over and over is criminal negligence," Koretsky said on Telegram. "Everyone responsible, without exception, must face severe punishment so that such situations never happen again."
British tabloids the Daily Mail and The Sun described the target as an ammunition depot, reporting a massive blast and fireball at the site.
What's Next
Ukrainian officials say the casualty count is preliminary and could climb as crews work the site. The prosecutor's negligence probe into the storage conditions is the immediate official action to watch, along with whether it reaches the company's management.
Russian long-range attacks on the Kyiv region are ongoing. Ukrainian officials say the Kremlin is again targeting the power grid in what they describe as an annual campaign to "weaponize winter," the Boston Globe reported.
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Russia and Ukraine have spent months escalating long-range strikes, increasingly hitting civilian infrastructure such as logistics warehouses and oil and port facilities, France 24 reported. Civilian casualties have been climbing with them.
The attack lands as Western officials warn Russia is positioning itself to threaten the Baltics — a scenario that would put NATO members, and by treaty the United States, directly in play.
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