Death toll from Russian strike on Ukrainian arms depot rises to 38

What the report says

A Russian strike on an arms depot near Kyiv has killed 38 people, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, making it the deadliest attack of the war so far this year. The incident took place in the village of Myla, west of the Ukrainian capital, where emergency crews on Sunday continued trying to put out fires and explosions that began the previous day. Zelenskyy said 20 people were injured and four were still missing, while bomb disposal teams worked to clear the site.

The attack was the second on a munitions depot near Kyiv in two months. Ukrainian officials have criticized the continued storage of weapons near residential areas, and prosecutors have opened an investigation into possible criminal negligence. The damage and casualty figures reported by Al Jazeera, via AFP, AP and Reuters, underline the continuing risk to areas around the capital as Russia intensifies attacks on military and civilian infrastructure.

Separately, Russia’s Defence Ministry said its forces were preparing “massive strikes” against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. That warning came after Ukrainian drone attacks on sites in Russia, including the oil and gas sector and Wildberries, a major online retailer. Al Jazeera also reported that the broader war remains deadlocked diplomatically, while Ukraine braces for another difficult winter after previous Russian strikes on its power grid.