‘Everything’s smashed to bits’: Ukrainians turn anger on those storing weapons near their villages

<p>As Russia hits another ammunition warehouse, killing at least 38, locals put blame on poorly placed depots</p><p>It is a day and a half since a Russian jet-powered drone <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/29/russian-strike-warehouse-near-kyiv-kills-at-least-37">smashed into an ammunition dump in Myla</a>, a village 15 miles outside central Kyiv. Volodymyr, 61, a security guard, leads visitors from his family’s badly damaged home, its roof blown off, back windows shattered, through the garden towards the impact site 300 metres away.</p><p>The garden, like so many in Ukraine’s villages and suburbs, is a sizeable allotment. But today the greenhouse is shattered, a vegetable patch is blackened and crisp underfoot. Several metres of grapevine have been destroyed. Even so, Volodymyr finds two surviving bunches to hand to the Guardian.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/31/ukraine-anger-weapons-storage-russian-bombing-myla">Continue reading...</a>