Russian drone strike on Kyiv warehouse storing weapons kills at least 37
Ukrainian prosecutors open investigation into why munitions were stored so close to residential buildings At least 37 people have been killed after a Russian drone struck a warehouse near Kyiv’s western suburbs that was storing “explosive objects”. The attack damaged at least 50 residential buildings, including a care home for elderly and disabled people, and sparked a huge fire and explosions in the Bucha district of the Kyiv region. The regional governor, Tymur Tkachenko, said a further 42 people, including four children, had been injured in the strike. More than 370 people have been evacuated from the area and the evacuation process was continuing, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy , said. In a statement, he said a warehouse in the town of Myla had been struck, “followed by a detonation”.
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Criminal proceedings had been opened on charges of official negligence, he added. “There are regulations in place; ammunition cannot be stored near homes or other residential areas.” He said one of the people killed was the head of the Dmytrivka community, Taras Didych, who died while rescuing others.
