Russia-Ukraine war: 37 killed in Russian attack near Kyiv’s Bucha district

More than 370 people are evacuated from Kyiv. Pic/PTI

At least 37 people have been killed following a Russian attack on the Bucha district, close to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Saturday.

In a statement, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that 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 elderly 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.

In a statement, Russia's Ministry of Defense said that it had hit a warehouse in Myla storing components and launch boosters for long-range drones. 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 four and a half years after Russia's full-scale invasion of its neighbour.

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