Death toll rises to 38 as Russia vows massive energy strikes after Kyiv ammunition depot blast
Volodymyr Zelensky launched criminal proceedings against Ukrainian officials after Friday night's strike revealed ammunition had been illegally stored beside residential properties in Myla, killing 37 people.Russia's defence ministry boasted the overnight barrage was "massive," hitting ports, grain storage, energy sites and industrial infrastructure with ballistic missiles and 258 drones.Among the 37 people killed in the Myla strike were four children, with a further 42 people injured in the chain of explosions.Shells, mines and drones stored in the warehouse detonated, engulfing at least 50 residential buildings in fire — including a care home — and forcing 381 residents to evacuate.
Zelenskyy has launched criminal negligence proceedings against Ukrainian officials after the strike on the village of Myla destroyed a weapons depot that he said "definitely shouldn't have been there", triggering secondary explosions that damaged 130 homes and struck a residential care facility for elderly and disabled people. Four people remain missing and 20 are injured, including two children. Russia's defence ministry is now threatening "massive strikes" on Ukraine's energy grid in retaliation for Kyiv's drone campaign against Russian oil and gas facilities.
