Russian drone strike on ammunition depot in Myla killed 37 people Friday night, with the toll rising to 38 by Sunday
Zelensky called the storage of explosives near homes and a care facility terrible negligence and ordered a criminal investigation
Nearly 400 residents were evacuated and roughly 130 homes were damaged in the blast near Kyiv
The attack is the second such depot disaster in two months after a July strike in Vyshneve killed nine
Ukraine’s agriculture minister says 90 percent of the country’s food distribution centers have been destroyed, emptying store shelves
In an incident Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described as an act of “terrible negligence,” a Russian drone strike Friday evening struck a Ukrainian military ammunition storage site in the village of Myla, just west of Kyiv, triggering hours of secondary explosions that killed at least 37 people that night, injured dozens, and damaged roughly 130 homes plus a care facility. The death toll rose to 38 by Sunday, with four people still missing. The blast, which forced the evacuation of nearly 400 residents, has prompted a criminal investigation into why explosives were stored so close to civilians — the second such deadly incident near the capital in two months.
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