Death toll from Russian strike on warehouses in Kyiv region rises to 38

The death toll from a Russian strike on warehouses and the subsequent detonation in the village of Myla in Kyiv region’s Bucha district has risen to 38, while four more people remain missing, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Telegram.

According to the president, efforts to deal with the aftermath of the Russian strike are continuing around the clock in Myla. Rescuers have managed to extinguish most of the fires.

Pyrotechnic units of Ukraine’s State Emergency Service are also working at the site around the clock, searching for and neutralizing explosive objects.

“The scale of the contamination of the territory is significant, and this work will continue for as long as necessary. Unfortunately, it is known that 38 people were killed by the strike and subsequent detonation,” Zelenskyy stressed.

Another 20 people were injured, including two children. Four people remain missing, and the search for them is ongoing.

The head of state also said that Russian forces had launched nearly 2,000 attack drones, more than 1,600 aerial bombs and 31 missiles of various types at Ukraine over the past week, including North Korean ballistic missiles.

Strikes are effectively continuing around the clock against frontline and border communities, including Nikopol, Kramatorsk and Kherson, as well as communities in Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Sumy regions.

“For every Russian strike and crime, we are seeking just responses. They will certainly come,” the president added.

By Jeyhun Aghazada