The blasts rocked Myla, causing people to frantically seek cover, reports BritPanorama.
“At about 8 p.m., the drone hit a warehouse somewhere and then the detonation began,” Oleksandr Vodolaz, a village resident, told The Associated Press. “No one knew that weapons were stored there.”
As crews raced to get people to safety and extinguish blazes, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the attack as a “terrible situation” and cited “terrible negligence on the part of those who stored explosives right next to people.”
He emphasized that Ukrainian law forbids the storage of ammunition close to residential areas and noted that criminal proceedings had been initiated. “Those who allowed this to happen must be held accountable for their decisions,” the president stated.
Kyiv investigates warehouse targeted in attack
In a social media post Saturday, Zelenskyy provided additional context regarding the incident.
“The first strike was on an ammunition storage site that definitely shouldn’t have been there – a Defense Forces storage facility. Shells, mines, other ammunition, and drones detonated,” he explained.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi did not detail the specific contents of the warehouse but referenced a previous attack in July on the Kyiv suburb of Vyshneve, which struck an ammunition depot, resulting in 22 deaths and subsequent detonations that caused extensive damage to nearby homes.
