At least 27 killed after a Russian attack hits Ukraine’s Kyiv region
KYIV, Ukraine —
At least 27 people have been killed following a Russian attack on the Bucha district, close to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, officials said Saturday.
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Tymur Tkachenko, head of the local regional military administration, said that at least 50 residential buildings had been damaged in the attack, which also sparked a large-scale fire that spread to homes and a restaurant.
In a statement, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a warehouse had been struck in the village of Myla “followed by a detonation.”
He did not give details on the site, but wrote in the same message that criminal proceedings had been opened on charges of official negligence.
“There are regulations in place – ammunition cannot be stored near homes or other residential areas,” Zelenskyy said.
The Ukrainian leader wrote that a care home for older people and people with disabilities and residential buildings were damaged.
“More than 370 people have already been evacuated, and the evacuation is ongoing,” he said.
Almost constant air raids in Kyiv have now reached their third day, choking the economy in the Ukrainian capital and severely disrupting civilian life more than 4 ½ years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor.