At least 27 dead and hundreds evacuated after strikes near Kyiv

What the report says

A Russian strike near Kyiv has killed at least 27 people and prompted the evacuation of nearly 400 others, according to BBC World News. The attack hit a warehouse in the Kyiv region overnight and caused a fire and explosions. Regional governor Tymur Tkachenko said 42 more people, including four children, were injured in the Bucha district.

BBC reported that search and rescue teams were still working at the site on Saturday morning, while investigators looked into whether ammunition had been stored there. President Volodymyr Zelensky said more than 300 emergency responders had been deployed and said authorities were examining possible negligence. He also expressed condolences to the victims’ families.

Tkachenko separately said a 14-year-old girl was killed in another overnight attack in the Boryspil district. Zelensky said strikes also hit other parts of Ukraine, including Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy and Zaporizhzhia. The Ukrainian military said it had shot down 233 Russian drones overnight. BBC added that Russia’s defence ministry said its forces had targeted an ammunition depot in the Kyiv region village of Myla.

The report comes amid intensified attacks by both sides in the war. BBC said the strikes have increasingly hit infrastructure and economic targets, with Russia and Ukraine both reporting damage and casualties across multiple regions.