At least 27 people have lost their lives and another 40 have been injured after a Russian airstrike against an ammunition depot located in the municipality of Bucha, in the Kiev region. The bombing is part of a new wave of Russian attacks against warehouses in the area, considered arms depots by Moscow, which have forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents.
The attack has been recorded in the locality of Myla, in the Bucha district, when a Russian drone struck a weapons storage facility, causing an explosion of such magnitude that it destroyed several residential buildings and a home for the elderly and people with disabilities, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Among the fatalities is also the head of the Dimitrovska community, Taras Didych, Zelensky specified.
The head of the regional administration of Kiev, Timur Tkachenko, has warned that the number of dead and injured "could not be final" due to the magnitude of the material damage caused by the attack, which has resulted in a large fire still not completely controlled.
So far, 381 people have been evacuated, including 59 minors. Of the injured, seven have needed to be immediately transferred to hospitals.
Zelensky has demanded accountability from local authorities for what happened, reminding that "there are regulations in force that prohibit storing ammunition near houses or other residential areas." He emphasized that those who allowed this situation must face the consequences of their decisions.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has confirmed that "attack drones and high-precision aerial weapons" hit "transport and logistics" facilities covertly used to store military material.
Russia has indicated that the attacks have occurred in Chaiki, Kalinovka, and Milaya, where the warehouses housed everything from long-range cruise missile components Flamingo to boosters for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles FP-1/FP-2.