Secondary Explosions Hit Kyiv Warehouse After Drone Strike

A series of massive secondary explosions tore through a warehouse complex near Kyiv on Friday night following a suspected Russian drone strike, prompting Ukrainian Prime Minister Sergey Koretsky to suggest that dangerous military stocks had once again been stored close to populated areas. The incident occurred amid a sustained, two-day aerial campaign by Russian forces targeting the capital region with jet-powered drones.

According to Ukrainian officials and open-source monitoring accounts, the strike took place at approximately 8:35 p.m. local time on August 28, 2026, in the village of Myla, within the Bucha District of Kyiv Oblast. The facility was reportedly used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a rocket and artillery weapons depot. The head of the local military administration, Timur Tkachenko, confirmed the warehouse blaze was accompanied by explosions. Authorities temporarily closed a 17-kilometer stretch of the M06 Kyiv-Chop highway in both directions and urged residents to stay away from the site.

Prime Minister Koretsky stated he had received reports about the strike, which caused a fire followed by detonation. He drew a pointed comparison to a deadly July 6 explosion...