Ukraine says officials will be prosecuted after drone strike on ammunition depot kills dozens

A Russian drone strike on a warehouse in the village of Myla, located in the Bucha district near Kyiv, caused massive explosions and fires that killed 37 people, including dozens from a nearby care home for the elderly and disabled. Ukrainian authorities said the site stored ammunition and other munitions, and that the proximity of the depot to residential buildings violated safety regulations.

President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that criminal cases had been opened on charges of official negligence, stating that those responsible for allowing explosives to be stored near homes must be held accountable. "There are regulations in place – ammunition cannot be stored near homes or other residential areas," Zelensky wrote in an online post. "All those guilty, without exception, must be severely punished so that such situations do not happen again."

Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi described the incident as a repeat of a July attack on an ammunition depot in Vyshneve, calling the failure to learn from that event "criminal negligence" and urging that all responsible parties be prosecuted.

The strike also damaged more than 50 residential buildings in the area and forced the evacuation of over 370 residents. Local officials reported that fires spread rapidly from the warehouse to nearby homes.

Russia continued to launch drone attacks on Kyiv overnight, with additional strikes reported in the Obolonskyi and Klitschko districts, prompting multiple air-raid alerts. The Russian defence ministry also announced a successful test of a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile with a range exceeding 6,700 km.