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At least 37 killed in Kyiv-region strike
August 29, 2026
A Russian drone strike on a warehouse in Myla, in the Kyiv region, set off a large detonation of stored munitions and killed at least 37 people, Ukrainian officials say.
CBS News reports that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday Ukrainian authorities had opened an investigation into possible official negligence after a Russian drone strike on a warehouse near Kyiv triggered a large detonation and killed at least 37 people. CNN reports the same toll from Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv region military administration, who said as of Saturday afternoon 37 people were known to have died and the toll could rise. The Financial Times carries the event under the same count, and The New York Times ties the deaths near Kyiv to a Russian drone barrage and a gap in Ukrainian air defenses. Four accounts, one figure.
The outlets also agree on what the site held and who says so. CBS News reports Russia's Ministry of Defense said in a statement it had hit a warehouse in Myla storing components and launch boosters for long-range drones, and that it had attacked the ports of Mykolaiv and Izmail along with a logistics center and warehouse facilities holding parts for Ukraine's Flamingo cruise missiles in the Kyiv region. CNN reports that the strike caused shells, mines, other munitions and drones stored at the facility to explode, and that the ammunition inside the warehouse was likely what made the consequences catastrophic. CBS News reports the prosecutor's office will examine the legality of storing explosive materials on the enterprise's grounds and whether the company, which was not named, held the necessary permits; an earlier investigation, CBS News reports, found serious failings by the state-owned company, which did not comply with standards despite nearby residential buildings.
The precedent runs through every account. CNN reports the attack in the Bucha district came weeks after seven people died in a Russian strike on an ammunition warehouse in a residential area of Vyshneve, about 20 kilometers from Saturday's site, and that this is one of the deadliest incidents Kyiv has seen since the war began more than four years ago. CBS News reports Prime Minister Sergiy Koretsky expressed regret that a lesson had not been learned after that July attack. On the military picture, CNN reports Pavlo Palisa, deputy head of Zelensky's Presidential Office, told reporters Russia has significantly stepped up its use of jet-powered drones and their numbers will keep rising, and that Ukraine's interceptor drones have not yet shown the expected effectiveness against them. Settled: the strike, the target, the toll of at least 37, the investigation. Unsettled: what set off the detonation and where the count ends.
Still developing
The cause of the detonation stays unstated by the president, per CBS News, and the identity of the state-owned company under investigation remains withheld. The death toll is the figure most likely to move, with CNN reporting the regional administration's expectation that it rises.
How settled the reporting is
Sources
- CBS News — Ukraine launches investigation after Russian strike on depot near homes triggers explosions, kills at least 37
- CNN — Russian attack on Ukrainian ammunition warehouse triggers waves of blasts, killing 37
- Financial Times — Dozens killed in Russian strike on ammunition depot near Kyiv