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Death toll rises to 38 from Russia’s deadliest attack on Ukraine this year

Zelenskyy said 20 people were injured and four remained missing as emergency crews kept clearing explosives and fires at the site.

  • On Friday night, a Russian strike on an ammunition warehouse in Myla, Kyiv region, killed 38 people, marking the war's deadliest attack this year; President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said four people remain missing.
  • Russia's Defense Ministry vowed "massive strikes" against Ukraine's energy infrastructure on Sunday, citing Ukrainian drone campaigns against the retailer Wildberries and Russian oil facilities as justification for the planned retaliation.
  • Beyond the warehouse explosion, 20 people were injured in Myla, while Russian bombs killed a 13-year-old child in Bilbasovka, according to local official Vadim Lyakh; separately, a Saturday drone strike on a 12-story residential building in Kyiv injured at least three people.
  • Defense Minister Yevhen Khmara announced plans to close a $27 billion defense funding gap, aiming to secure contributions from partners and accelerate a $104 billion European loan planned for next year.
  • Ukrainian officials warn the coming winter may prove the most challenging since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022, as previous winters saw Russia systematically batter Ukraine's power grid in freezing temperatures.
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Russia's Defense Ministry said on Sunday it was preparing a "major strike" on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, following a Ukrainian drone attack against a major retail chain known as "Russia's Amazon."

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France24 broke the news in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on Saturday, August 29, 2026.
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