A Russian drone strike on an ammunition depot near Kyiv has killed at least 38 people, with locals accusing poor storage practices of exacerbating the disaster. Survivors, including a security guard whose family home was heavily damaged, show reporters the devastation—shattered greenhouses, scorched gardens, and destroyed grapevines—just meters from the impact site. The attack underscores the risks posed by military storage facilities in densely populated areas, where even small-scale farming plots lie in close proximity. Residents’ accounts highlight the immediate human and agricultural toll of the strike.
As Russia hits another ammunition warehouse, killing at least 38, locals put blame on poorly placed depotsIt is a day and a half since a Russian jet-powered drone smashed into an ammunition dump in Myla, a village 15 miles outside central Kyiv. Volodymyr, 61, a security guard, leads visitors from his family’s badly damaged home, its roof blown off, back windows shattered, through the garden towards the impact site 300 metres away.The garden, like so many in Ukraine’s villages and suburbs, is a sizeable allotment. But today the greenhouse is shattered, a vegetable patch is blackened and crisp underfoot. Several metres of grapevine have been destroyed. Even so, Volodymyr finds two surviving bunches to hand to the Guardian. Continue reading...
