Russian Strikes Near Kyiv Kill Dozens as Air Raids Continue
A Russian attack on the Bucha district near Kyiv killed at least 37 people on Saturday, according to Ukrainian officials. The report also included an earlier figure of 27, but later statements consistently cited 37 deaths.
Tymur Tkachenko, head of the regional military administration, said at least 50 residential buildings were damaged. The strike caused a large fire that spread to homes and a restaurant. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a warehouse in Myla was hit, triggering additional explosions. A care home serving elderly people and people with disabilities, along with nearby residences, also sustained damage. More than 370 people were evacuated.
Zelenskyy said criminal proceedings had been opened over possible official negligence, noting that ammunition is prohibited from being stored near residential areas. Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi compared the incident with an earlier strike on an ammunition depot in Vyshneve, which killed 22 people and damaged surrounding homes. He called for accountability if storage rules were violated.
Russia’s Ministry of Defense said the Myla warehouse contained components and launch boosters for long-range drones. It also claimed attacks on ports in Mykolaiv and Izmail, plus logistics and warehouse sites in the Kyiv region linked to Ukrainian cruise missiles. These claims were not independently verified in the report.
Kyiv experienced a third consecutive day of near-constant air raids, disrupting economic activity and civilian life. The attacks came more than four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Elsewhere, Russian strikes in the southern Kherson region killed two people and injured 27, including a child, according to regional authorities. Officials said homes and apartment buildings were damaged and warned residents about possible winter power and heating outages.
In Russia’s Belgorod region, local authorities said a Ukrainian drone attack killed three people and injured nine.