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Death Toll Rises to 38 After Russian Strike on Kyiv Region Warehouse

evening · · thread: Ukraine Launches Massive Drone Strikes Across Multiple Russian Regions

8 sources across 8 countries · 1 of them is linked to a state

Who reported this

  • Telex Hungary · Centre · Reader-funded, staff-owned
  • Asahi Shimbun Japan · Centre-left · Asahi Shimbun Company (family and employee held)
  • Novaya Gazeta Europe Latvia · Centre-left · Crowdfunded; exiled Russian newsroom
  • Al Jazeera Qatar · Centre-left · State-affiliated · Qatari government funded
  • The Korea Herald South Korea · Centre-right · Herald Corporation (Yeongpoong Group)
  • Neue Zuercher Zeitung Switzerland · Centre-right · Dispersed shareholders, no controlling stake
  • Reuters United Kingdom · Centre · Thomson Reuters Corporation
  • Associated Press United States · Centre · Non-profit news cooperative

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At least 38 people were killed and 20 injured following a Russian drone strike on a warehouse in the village of Myla, located in the Kyiv region. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the event as the deadliest attack of the year so far. The strike hit an ammunition storage facility, triggering massive explosions and fires that damaged dozens of nearby homes and a nursing home. Four people remain missing. Zelenskyy called the situation a result of terrible negligence, noting that ammunition should not be stored near residential areas. Ukrainian prosecutors and the SBU have opened an investigation into the storage of the explosives. This incident follows a similar event two months prior in the village of Vishneve, where a munitions depot in a residential area was also struck.

Russia's Ministry of Defence responded by announcing plans for massive strikes against Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Moscow cited Ukrainian drone attacks on the oil and gas sector and the warehouses of the e-commerce giant Wildberries as justification for these planned strikes. In a separate series of engagements, Ukrainian forces targeted a large oil refinery in Russia's Leningrad region and a military base in the Krasnodar region. Russian officials reported that nearly 500 Ukrainian drones were neutralized overnight.

Reporting on the event varied by political lean. Center-left outlets emphasized the humanitarian toll and the specific impact on vulnerable populations, such as the elderly in the nursing home. Center-right outlets focused more heavily on the internal Ukrainian failure to follow safety regulations regarding the storage of munitions in residential zones. Center outlets provided a broader tactical overview, balancing the details of the Kyiv strike with the wider exchange of drone attacks between the two nations.

How each side framed it

Centre-left
Highlighted the civilian casualties and the tragedy of the nursing home fire.
Centre
Focused on the tactical exchange of drone strikes and the broader military context.
Centre-right
Emphasized the criminal negligence of storing ammunition in residential areas.

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