At least 27 dead and hundreds evacuated after strikes near Kyiv

A 14-year-old girl is among the dead after an attack near the capital overnight, the region's governor said.

Hundreds were also forced to evacuate after a Russian attack on a warehouse near Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, sparked a huge fire and explosions.

At least 27 people have died after a Russian drone struck a depot near Kyiv's western suburbs overnight, sparking a huge fire and explosions, authorities said Saturday. FRANCE 24's Emmanuelle Chaze reports.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy suggested warehouse near a residential area hit by a Russian strike was used to store ammunition.

Ukrainian police have started an investigation into why ammunition was stored near residential properties.

Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office said it had launched a pre-trial investigation into possible "negligence" surrounding storage conditions at the warehouse.

A Russian drone attack on the Izmail district in the southern Odesa region early Saturday morning, Aug. 29, killed one person and injured three others. Odesa Regional Military Administration Head Oleh Kiper reported that the strike damaged transport infrastructure and destroyed five trucks loaded with grain, damaging t

'Criminal negligence' — PM Koretskyi demands accountability after Russian attack injures 6, sparks fires and detonations near Kyiv  The Kyiv Independent

Russian forces struck the Kyiv region on the evening of August 28.

The position was located approximately 50 meters from the Yellow Line, 70 meters from Kamal Adwan Hospital, and 170 meters from a school, the IDF said.

"Fill up quickly and move on," Mayor Ihor Terekhov warns drivers in Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv.