At least 37 dead after Russian strike on Ukraine warehouse

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30 Aug 2026 • 12:23 AM MYT
The Independent
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At least 37 dead after Russian strike on Ukraine warehouse

  • At least 37 people have been killed after a Russian strike hit the village of Myla near Kyiv, setting fire to and damaging at least 50 residential buildings.
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed that officials who illegally allowed weapons to be stored near civilian homes, triggering massive secondary detonations, will be punished.
  • Russia's defence ministry claimed responsibility for hitting a warehouse storing drone components in Myla, alongside targets at Ukrainian ports and logistics centres.
  • Further Russian strikes on the Kherson region killed two people and injured 27, prompting local officials to urge residents to relocate ahead of expected winter power outages.
  • President Zelensky stated that Ukraine aims to step up its long-range drone strikes against Russian military and energy facilities to 1,000 launches per day.

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