RismadarVoice Reporters, August 30, 2026
The death toll from a Russian strike on a Ukrainian arms depot near the capital, Kyiv, has risen to 38, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced.
The attack, which occurred at a facility in the village of Myla in the Kyiv region, has become the deadliest strike recorded in Ukraine so far this year, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Emergency response teams were still battling fires and explosions at the site on Sunday, while bomb disposal experts continued efforts to clear dangerous materials from the area.
President Zelenskyy said 20 people were injured in the attack, while four others remained missing as rescue and recovery operations continued.
The strike marks the second attack on a weapons storage facility near Kyiv within two months, prompting concerns among Ukrainian officials over the continued storage of military equipment close to populated areas.
Ukrainian prosecutors have opened an investigation into possible criminal negligence linked to the incident.
Meanwhile, Russia’s Defence Ministry has announced plans to carry out what it described as “massive strikes” against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure ahead of the winter season.
The warning followed a series of Ukrainian drone attacks targeting Russian energy and industrial facilities, including the Wildberries warehouse network and parts of Russia’s oil and gas sector, which Kyiv says contribute to financing Moscow’s military operations.
During previous winters of the ongoing conflict, Russian attacks severely damaged Ukraine’s electricity network, leaving thousands of residents without power and heating during freezing conditions.
Ukrainian officials have warned that the coming winter could be among the most difficult since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The Ukrainian military also reported carrying out overnight attacks on an oil refinery in Russia’s Leningrad region and a military base in the Krasnodar region.
In a separate incident, one person was killed after a Ukrainian attack struck a mine in the Russian-controlled part of the Luhansk region, according to Leonid Pasechnik, the Moscow-appointed leader of the territory.
Diplomatic efforts led by the United States and other international partners to end the conflict have remained stalled for months.
Russia has continued to demand territorial and political concessions from Ukraine as part of any possible peace agreement, while Kyiv has rejected the demands, describing them as unacceptable.
