At least 27 people have been killed and 42 others injured, including four children, after a Russian drone strike hit a warehouse near Kyiv, sparking a massive fire and a series of explosions.
The strike hit the village of Myla in the Bucha district of the Kyiv region, where search and rescue teams worked through the early hours of Saturday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said more than 300 emergency personnel had been deployed to the scene, with over 370 residents evacuated from the affected area.
“Since last evening, efforts have been underway in the village of Myla near Kyiv to deal with the aftermath of a Russian drone strike,” Zelenskyy said in a post on X, adding that coordination centres had been set up to support residents.
He said a warehouse was hit first, followed by a secondary explosion that caused widespread damage to nearby buildings, including homes and a care facility for elderly residents and people with disabilities.
Among the 27 confirmed dead was Taras Didych, head of the Dmytrivka community, who was reportedly killed while trying to rescue trapped residents. Zelenskyy offered condolences to the victims’ families.
Kyiv Regional Governor Tymur Tkachenko put the number of injured at 42, including four children. He separately reported that a 14-year-old was killed in a different Russian attack in the Boryspil district.
Authorities have opened an investigation into whether ammunition was improperly stored at the warehouse and whether that contributed to the scale of destruction. Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s National Police and Security Service had launched criminal proceedings over alleged official negligence, warning that “those who allowed this to happen must be held accountable.” He noted that regulations bar the storage of ammunition near residential areas.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence, however, said it had deliberately targeted an “ammunition depot” in Myla, claiming the site held components and launch boosters for FP-1/FP-2 long-range drones.
The strike was part of a broader overnight assault that Zelenskyy said also hit Odesa, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kherson, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Donetsk and Chernihiv. He said more than 260 attack drones, including jet-powered Banderol drones, were used in the barrage, while Ukraine’s military said it downed 233 of the incoming drones.
Russia also reported casualties from Ukrainian strikes, with two people killed and 21 injured across the Belgorod and Rostov regions in the same 24-hour period. Russian retailer Ozon said one of its logistics centres was struck in an overnight Ukrainian drone attack, forcing it to suspend operations and evacuate staff at another facility. The company said sites in Krasnodar, Dagestan, Stavropol and Adygea had also been hit earlier in the week.
Ukraine has increasingly targeted facilities linked to major Russian retailers, including Wildberries, alleging they supply components to Moscow’s military — an allegation Russia denies.
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