Zelenskyy: Explosions near Kyiv triggered munitions and drone detonations at warehouse
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the 28 August strike on the village of Myla in Kyiv Oblast hit a defence forces ammunition warehouse that should not have been located there, with dozens killed and the toll expected to rise.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the first strike on 28 August in the village of Myla, in the Bucha district of Kyiv Oblast, hit a defence forces ammunition storage site that, in his words, definitely should not have been there. He said shells, mines, other munitions and drones detonated as a result, calling the scale of destruction significant.
Zelenskyy said rubble clearance is still underway and the death toll may still rise. Dozens of people were injured, including local residents and rescuers. He described the incident as an unacceptable crime, especially coming after a similar case in Vyshneve, and demanded that full details be made public quickly.
Scale of the damage
Powerful explosions were heard in the Bucha district on the evening of 28 August, and a fire broke out at the warehouse facility. Traffic was blocked in both directions on the M-06 Kyiv-Chop highway between kilometres 15 and 32. Local authorities later reported that the death toll from the Russian strike and the resulting detonations in Bucha district had risen to 37, with another 42 people injured.
Zelenskyy reiterated that ammunition must not be stored near residential buildings. Commenting on the deaths of dozens of people following the strike on Myla, Ukraine's General Staff said Russia bears responsibility as the root cause of the tragedy.
A similar incident occurred earlier, on 6 July 2026, in Vyshneve, Kyiv Oblast, where a prolonged detonation at ammunition warehouses following a Russian strike killed nine people and damaged more than 280 houses.
