Myla warehouse blast kills 37 as Zelenskyy keeps the 1,000-drone-a-day target
Ukrainian officials said 37 people were killed and 42 injured, four of them children, when an explosion tore through a warehouse in Myla, in Kyiv region's Bucha district; almost 400 people were evacuated. Russia said it had struck an ammunition depot, while Ukraine's prosecutor general's office opened a review of explosives stored beside homes. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy kept a target of 1,000 drone strikes a day, and Kyrylo Budanov said Ukraine must mobilise at least 30,000 people a month.
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The Myla warehouse blast kills 37
Ukrainian officials said 37 people were killed and 42 injured, four of them children, when an explosion tore through a warehouse in Myla, in Kyiv region's Bucha district, late on Friday. Regional head Tymur Tkachenko said more than 300 emergency personnel were working at the site, where a home for elderly and disabled residents was among the damaged buildings, and cautioned that the toll may not be final. Almost 400 people were evacuated. Russia's defence ministry said it had targeted an ammunition depot holding components and launch boosters for FP-1 and FP-2 long-range drones. Ukraine's prosecutor general's office opened a review of how explosive material came to be stored next to homes. President Volodymyr Zelensky said ammunition cannot be stored near homes. He also reported further overnight strikes on Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy and Zaporizhzhia; the army said it shot down 233 Russian drones. Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said a two-year-old died after a drone came down in Obolonskyi. Tkachenko reported a 14-year-old killed in the Boryspil district. Local officials in Russia reported two people killed and 21 injured in the Belgorod and Rostov regions over 24 hours.[1]
Zelenskyy keeps the 1,000-drone-a-day target
In his Friday evening address, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said daily drone strikes on Russia would be raised to 1,000, calling it a concrete goal the country would fulfil; the current estimated rate is about 200. Regional officials reported one person killed and two injured in the Kyiv region, one killed and seven wounded in Sumy, one killed and 11 injured including a child in Kherson, and two killed and 13 injured including two children in Kharkiv. Ukrainian forces struck an oil refinery in Yaroslavl, about 1000 km from the front line. Regional officials also reported one person killed and two injured in the Kyiv region, one killed and seven wounded in Sumy, one killed and 11 injured including a child in Kherson, and two killed and 13 injured including two children in Kharkiv. Local officials in Russia reported two people killed and 21 injured in the Belgorod and Rostov regions over 24 hours. The target shows the scale of Ukraine's drone campaign after strikes reached Yaroslavl. The report does not give a detailed timeline; the figures rest on regional officials' statements. Zelenskyy's statement shows Ukraine continuing to scale its drone strike campaign.[2]
Budanov holds the mobilisation floor
Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine's Presidential Office, said the country cannot sustain its forces on fewer than 30,000 mobilised people a month and that changing how the call-up is framed will not change the number. He ruled out expectations that the war will end soon. Budanov stressed that Ukraine cannot carry the current tempo of fighting on a lower mobilisation rate. The government is also preparing to ease residency rules for foreign fighters. Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi announced a draft law extending legal temporary residence after military service from three to six months. Volunteers from Belarus and Russia will receive a special certificate. Koretskyi said time in military service would count fully toward residence. The draft is read as part of an effort to retain foreign volunteers as manpower pressure on the front continues. Budanov's warning reflects an expectation that manpower pressure on the front will not ease soon. Compulsory mobilisation has been in place since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, and attacks on recruitment office staff intensified in 2026.[3]
