Russian Drone Strike on Myla Depot Kills 38, Triggering Inquiry Into Homeside Arms Storage
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Updated · The Guardian · Aug 31
Russian Drone Strike on Myla Depot Kills 38, Triggering Inquiry Into Homeside Arms Storage
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 31
Summary
Thirty-eight people are now confirmed dead and four remain missing after a Russian jet-powered drone hit an ammunition dump in Myla, a village about 15 miles from central Kyiv.
Thirty of the dead were from a care home beside the depot, where witnesses described 30 to 50 secondary explosions lasting about six hours and scattering shells, mines and bullets across nearby homes and woods.
Ukraine’s intelligence service has opened a criminal inquiry into why munitions were stored so close to residents, echoing local anger from families who said they did not know ammunition was being kept in the village.
The blast damaged homes, cut electricity and water, and repeatedly disrupted cleanup as emergency crews faced fresh drone threats and lingering unexploded ordnance.
Myla is the second such depot strike near Kyiv in two months after a July attack in Vyshneve killed 9, sharpening scrutiny of vulnerable warehouse siting as Russian attacks intensify.