At least 27 dead and hundreds evacuated after strikes near Kyiv
Latest update from BBC World: At least 37 dead and hundreds evacuated after strike on Kyiv warehouse. An investigation has been launched into whether ammunition was being stored in the warehouse to the west of the capital Thirty-seven people have been killed and almost 400 evacuated after a Russian drone strike triggered an explosion at a warehouse in the Kyiv region late on Friday. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the blast damaged residential buildings and a care home in the surrounding area, with an investigation launched into whether ammunition was being stored on site. Four children are among 42 people injured, according to regional head Tymur Tkachenko, with search and rescue operations ongoing at the site in the Bucha district early on Saturday. Zelensky wrote on X: "The regulations are clear: Ammunition must not be stored near houses or other residential buildings. The office of Ukraine's prosecutor general said it was reviewing the "legality of the placement and storage of explosive objects and materials" near residential buildings.
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Smoke could be seen rising near a residential area in the Kyiv region early on Saturday Meanwhile, Tkachenko said a 14-year-old was killed in a separate attack in the Boryspil district while Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said a two-year-old had died after a Russian drone crashed in Obolonskyi.
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Latest update from BBC World: At least 37 dead and hundreds evacuated after strike on Kyiv warehouse. An investigation has been launched into whether ammunition was being stored in the warehouse to the west of the capital Thirty-seven people have been killed and almost 400 evacuated after a Russian drone strike triggered an explosion at a warehouse in the Kyiv region late on Friday. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the blast damaged residential buildings and a care home in the surrounding area, with an investigation launched into whether ammunition was being stored on site. Four children are among 42 people injured, according to regional head Tymur Tkachenko, with search and rescue operations ongoing at the site in the Bucha district early on Saturday. Zelensky wrote on X: "The regulations are clear: Ammunition must not be stored near houses or other residential buildings. The office of Ukraine's prosecutor general said it was reviewing the "legality of the placement and storage of explosive objects and materials" near residential buildings.
