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Russian attack on warehouse near Ukraine’s Kyiv kills at least 27
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At least 27 people have been killed after an overnight Russian attack on a warehouse in the Bucha district, outside the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, officials said. A Russian drone struck a warehouse near Kyiv’s western suburbs storing munitions, sparking huge explosions, authorities said on Saturday.
In addition to the warehouse strike, Russian attacks early on Saturday killed one person in the southern Odesa region and a 14-year-old girl in the Kyiv suburb of Boryspil, regional officials said. Tymur Tkachenko, head of the local regional military administration, said that at least 50 residential buildings had been damaged in the attack, which caused a large-scale fire that spread to homes and a restaurant.
Elsewhere, Russian attacks across Ukraine’s southern Kherson region Saturday killed two people and wounded 27 more, a local official said. It also said that it had attacked the ports of Mykolaiv and Izmail, as well as a logistics center and warehouse facilities storing parts for Ukraine's Flamingo cruise missiles in the Kyiv region.
In Russia, at least three people were killed and nine wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack in the Belgorod region, local authorities said on Telegram. Russia launched at least two missiles and 267 drones at Ukraine between late Friday and early Saturday, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
In a statement, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a warehouse had been struck in the village of Myla “followed by a detonation”. “There are regulations in place – ammunition cannot be stored near homes or other residential areas,” Zelenskyy said.
Another person was killed and three others were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack in Russian-annexed Sevastopol, on the Crimean Peninsula, Mikhail Razvozhayev, the city’s Russian-appointed governor, said on Telegram.
Writing on the Telegram messaging app, Kyiv’s regional governor said that 42 people were injured and that more than 380 others were being evacuated from the strike area in the Bucha district. The warehouse appeared to have been storing “explosive objects”, according to Ukrainian prosecutors, who said they are opening an investigation into criminal negligence.
Earlier in the week, Prokudin said that Russia has intensified attacks on critical infrastructure in the region, which is about 70% under Russian control. In a statement, Russia's Ministry of Defense said that it had hit a warehouse in Myla storing components and launch boosters for long-range drones.
What's confirmed
- At least 27 people have been killed after an overnight Russian attack on a warehouse in the Bucha district, outside the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, officials said.
- Tymur Tkachenko, head of the local regional military administration, said that at least 50 residential buildings had been damaged in the attack, which caused a large-scale fire that spread to homes and a restaurant.
- In a statement, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a warehouse had been struck in the village of Myla “followed by a detonation”.
- “There are regulations in place – ammunition cannot be stored near homes or other residential areas,” Zelenskyy said.
- In addition to the warehouse strike, Russian attacks early on Saturday killed one person in the southern Odesa region and a 14-year-old girl in the Kyiv suburb of Boryspil, regional officials said.
- Elsewhere, Russian attacks across Ukraine’s southern Kherson region Saturday killed two people and wounded 27 more, a local official said.
What's still developing
- And this figure may not be final,” Kyiv regional governor Tymur Tkachenko said on Saturday.
- A Russian drone struck a warehouse near Kyiv’s western suburbs storing munitions, sparking huge explosions, authorities said on Saturday.
- The warehouse appeared to have been storing “explosive objects”, according to Ukrainian prosecutors, who said they are opening an investigation into criminal negligence.
- Writing on the Telegram messaging app, Kyiv’s regional governor said that 42 people were injured and that more than 380 others were being evacuated from the strike area in the Bucha district.
- Russia launched at least two missiles and 267 drones at Ukraine between late Friday and early Saturday, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
- In Russia, at least three people were killed and nine wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack in the Belgorod region, local authorities said on Telegram.
- Another person was killed and three others were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack in Russian-annexed Sevastopol, on the Crimean Peninsula, Mikhail Razvozhayev, the city’s Russian-appointed governor, said on…
- In a statement, Russia's Ministry of Defense said that it had hit a warehouse in Myla storing components and launch boosters for long-range drones.