Russian drone strike on Kyiv warehouse storing weapons kills at least 37
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- Ukrainian prosecutors open investigation into why munitions were stored so close to residential buildings At least 37 people have been killed after a Russian drone struck a warehouse near Kyiv’s western suburbs that was storing “explosive objects”. The attack damaged at least 50 residential…
- Ukraine correspondent Dan Johnson reports from Kyiv after the deadly strike, which authorities said killed more than 30 people.
- The deadly strike comes amid 72 hours of near constant drone strikes across Ukraine, severely disrupting daily life.
- An investigation has begun into the storage of weapons for Ukraine's military near a residential area.
- The depot, which was in a civilian area near Kyiv, “definitely shouldn’t have been there,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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- Hundreds were also forced to flee after a Russian attack near Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, sparked a huge fire and explosions. The strike was the second to hit an arms depot near Kyiv in less than two months.