A Russian drone strike on a warehouse in the village of Myla, Bucha district, near Kyiv, killed at least 37 people on August 29, 2026, making it one of the deadliest single strikes in the Kyiv region this year [34][11]. Regional governor Tymur Tkachenko confirmed the toll and warned it could rise further as rescue operations continued [2][18]. The strike triggered secondary detonations of stored ammunition, damaging at least 50 residential buildings — with the total number of damaged buildings later reported as 130 — and forcing the evacuation of more than 370 people [5][23][40]. Forty-two people were injured, including four children [8][35].
The strike occurred amid a days-long wave of Russian air attacks across Ukraine, part of an exchange of long-range strikes between Russian and Ukrainian forces [31]. Ukrainian air defenses reported downing more than 200 drones over a three-day period [31][20].
Thirty-four of the approximately 37 victims were residents of a care home for the elderly and disabled located near the warehouse, according to regional authorities [11][27]. Ukrainska Pravda, citing emergency services, reported that most of the dead were nursing home residents [38]. Taras Didych, head of the Dmytrivka community, was among those killed while rushing to the scene to rescue people [12][23].
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that the first strike hit a Defense Forces ammunition depot and described the storage of explosives near residential buildings as "terrible negligence" [8][11]. "The first impact was on a place where ammunition was being stored that absolutely should not have been there – a depot of the defence forces," Zelenskyy stated [8]. He announced criminal proceedings for official negligence, noting that regulations prohibit storing ammunition near homes or residential areas [5][24]. Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi called the repetition of the same mistake "criminal negligence" in the fifth year of full-scale invasion, referencing a similar tragedy in Vyshneve that he said "did not become a lesson" [8][11][2].
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) opened criminal proceedings under articles covering Russia's crime of aggression and negligent treatment of military service [39][40]. Ukrainian prosecutors announced an investigation into the legality of storing explosive materials at the site and whether the operating company held the necessary permits [16][17][20]. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced a full audit of weapons and ammunition storage sites [39][40]. Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Vyhivskyi stated that investigators were establishing why the ammunition depot was located among residential houses [39].
Russia's Defense Ministry stated that its forces struck a warehouse belonging to the company Fire Point, which it said stored components and launch boosters for FP-1 and FP-2 long-range drones [14][37]. The ministry also said it targeted logistics centers storing cruise missile parts and distribution areas for Western military supplies [9][20]. Russian state media RT reported the Defense Ministry's statement that the strike hit an ammunition warehouse of LLC Fire Point in Myla [37]. The Russian Defense Ministry also stated it was targeting "decision-making centers and command posts, as well as locations where NATO specialists are present" [20].
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine acknowledged the inadmissibility of storing ammunition near civilian buildings but stated that Russia, as the attacking aggressor, is the primary cause of the tragedy [38][39][40]. This position emphasizes Russia's role in initiating the strike rather than framing the event solely as a domestic negligence failure.
Residents of Myla and the nearby village of Dmytrivka described learning only after the explosion that an ammunition depot existed nearby. Oleksandr Vodolaz, a resident of Myla, said: "At about 8 p.m., the drone hit a warehouse somewhere and then the detonation began. No one knew that weapons were stored there" [11]. Another resident, Zhanna Kravchuk, questioned why weapons were stored in warehouses near homes "and not on the front lines where they would help" [11]. Local resident Boris Danyliuk asked why ammunition was stored in a former food warehouse near a populated village [35]. Liubov Pavlenko, whose home was about 200 meters from the depot, described the destruction: "كل شيء مُدمّر تماماً" (Everything is completely destroyed) [35].
The warehouse strike was part of a wider pattern of drone attacks causing civilian casualties across Ukraine. A two-year-old girl was killed in Kyiv's Obolonskyi district, and eight others were injured [4][31]. Russian strikes on Kherson killed two people and wounded 27 [11][27]. A Ukrposhta delivery vehicle was destroyed near Kramatorsk, injuring the driver and destroying around 500 parcels [28]. Strikes were also reported in Kharkiv [32].
Ukrainian forces conducted their own strikes on Russian military-industrial infrastructure in the same period. Ukraine's military confirmed striking the Slavneft-Yanos oil refinery in Yaroslavl, which it said supplies fuel to the Russian military [13]. Russian regional officials reported civilian casualties from Ukrainian drone attacks: Yaroslavl governor Mikhail Yevrayev said one civilian was killed and 27 injured by falling drone debris [13]. Rostov governor Yuri Slyusar reported 11 people wounded, including children [11][26]. Moscow-appointed Sevastopol governor Mikhail Razvozhayev reported one killed and three injured in a Ukrainian attack on the city [2][18]. Leningrad Oblast governor Aleksandr Drozdenko confirmed a drone crash near a refinery in the Kirishi district [30].
Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Pavlo Palisa stated that Russia has significantly increased its use of jet-powered drones and that their numbers will keep growing, noting that interceptor drones have not yet demonstrated expected effectiveness [11][27]. Palisa said Ukraine's defenses would need time to adapt [27]. Agricultural Minister Taras Vysotskyi stated that Russian strikes have destroyed approximately 90 percent of Ukraine's modern storage facilities for various goods [31].
Beyond the Ukraine conflict, a drone-delivered explosive attack in Suárez, Cauca, Colombia, injured seven people including four minors [10]. Colombia's Third Army Division preliminarily indicated that some of those affected were members of the residual armed group "Jaime Martínez," while Governor of Cauca Octavio Guzmán and Mayor of Suárez César Lizardo Cerón characterized the victims as civilians and condemned the attack as criminal [10].
Rescue operations at the Myla site were continuing, with four people reported missing as of August 29 [12][40]. The SBU confirmed the drone used was a Geran-4 [40]. Kyiv Oblast declared August 30 a day of mourning [12].