Russian attack on Kyiv region kills at least 38

Russian attack on Kyiv region kills at least 38

Almost constant air raids in Ukrainian capital have now reached their 3rd day

The death toll from a Russian strike on a warehouse west of Kyiv, the war's deadliest attack so far this year, rose to 38 with four people still missing, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on social media Sunday.

The strike on Friday night on the warehouse — an ammunition storage facility, according to Ukrainian officials — sparked massive explosions and fires that swept through dozens of nearby homes and buildings.

Emergency workers continued to extinguish fires and identify and neutralize explosive devices at the site in the village of Myla, Zelenskyy said.

He said 20 people were injured, including two children.

On Saturday, Zelenskyy called the Myla attack "a terrible situation" and a consequence of "terrible negligence on the part of those who stored explosives right next to people." He said a probe was underway into how and why the ammunition came to be kept there.

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Russia's Defence Ministry said on Sunday it is preparing to launch "massive strikes" against Ukraine's energy infrastructure, following a Ukrainian drone campaign against a retailer dubbed "Russia's Amazon" as well as the country's oil and gas sector, which Kyiv says both funds and directly fuels Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Sunday vowed "an appropriate response" to what he said was Ukraine's "path of escalation" and targeting of Russia's civilian economy.

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Ukraine launched deadly strikes in recent months on the facilities of Russia's biggest online retailer, Wildberries, saying the company sells dual-use goods that have aided the Kremlin's war effort. Ukrainian drones have also pounded Russian oil refineries and other energy infrastructure, prompting an unprecedented fuel crisis in a country that is one of the world's biggest energy producers.

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Ukraine's new defence chief seeks to close funding gap

Ukraine's new defence minister, Yevhen Khmara, said the ministry has options for closing the multibillion-dollar funding gap he inherited from his predecessor, including seeking more contributions from partners.

Khmara made the remarks at his first briefing with reporters since taking the post on Saturday. His appointment followed weeks of protests after Mykhailo Fedorov's dismissal that sparked a military reset in Kyiv and culminated in a video in which Fedorov called for elections. Khmara's comments were released for publication on Sunday.

Khmara, a former special forces officer who left military service to become a civilian minister, takes over as Kyiv's war effort faces mounting financial pressures. He said a priority will be avoiding battlefield shortages while ensuring soldiers are paid and other essential needs are met.

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Kyiv sends hundreds of drones into Russia

Also on Sunday, Russia's Defence Ministry said its forces downed or neutralized almost 500 Ukrainian drones launched overnight.

Independent news channels on Russian and Ukrainian Telegram claimed the drone strikes set fire to a major oil refinery in Kirishi, southeast of St Petersburg. The facility, Kirishi Petroleum Organic Synthesis, is one of Russia's largest oil refineries and the only one in the country's northwest.

There was no immediate confirmation from authorities, but local governor Alexander Drozdenko on Sunday reported that a fire broke out "in Kirishi's industrial zone" following the drone strikes. He said a total of 62 drones had been shot down over the surrounding region.

Russian strikes on Kyiv on Saturday killed a two-year-old girl and injured 12 others, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram on Sunday. In the village of Bilbasovka in eastern Ukraine, a 13-year-old child and an adult were killed after Russian troops dropped bombs on private houses Sunday, according to local official Vadim Lyakh.

Also on Sunday, a Ukrainian strike on a mine in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine killed a female employee, a Kremlin-installed local official said. According to Leonid Pasechnik, who heads the occupied Luhansk region, five others were injured across the province.

In Russia, Ukrainian drone strikes injured at least four people that same day in the border regions of Kursk and Belgorod, local authorities said.