At Least 27 Dead After Russian Strike on Warehouse Near Kyiv
Published On 29 Aug, 2026
The warehouse appeared to have been storing “explosive objects”, Ukrainian prosecutors said, opening an investigation into criminal negligence.
Officials did not give details about the nature of the facility.
Both Russia and Ukraine have intensified long-range strikes on each other in recent months, sparking fires and sending civilian casualties to record levels.
AFP reporters saw a huge column of black smoke pouring over the capital’s western suburbs, as officials reported the facility was still on fire.
“Unfortunately, as things stand, 27 people are known to have died. And this figure may not be final,” Kyiv region governor Tymur Tkachenko said.
Among the dead was Taras Didych, mayor of the village of Dmytrivska, he added.
Ukrainian prosecutors announced an investigation.
“On 28 August at around 8:10 pm (1710 GMT), an unmanned aerial vehicle… fell on or struck the grounds of an enterprise in the town of Myla,” the office of Ukraine’s prosecutor general said.
Myla is a town on Kyiv’s western outskirts.
“A large-scale fire broke out on the enterprise’s grounds, and detonation began,” it added.
The prosecutor’s office specified that its investigation would focus on “the legality of the… storage of explosive objects and materials on the enterprise’s grounds”, as well as whether the company, which was not named, had the “necessary permits and approvals”.
