Sunday, August 30, 2026

Russia says Kiev missile depot hit (Video)

Russian forces have launched a series of missile and drone strikes against military-linked logistics and storage facilities in and around Kiev, including a warehouse Moscow says contained Ukraine’s long-range Flamingo cruise missiles.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said the strikes hit the Fim Service transport and logistics centre in Chaiky, outside Kiev, as well as another logistics hub in Kalinovka allegedly used to distribute Western-supplied military cargo. Video shared online showed a large fire followed by powerful secondary explosions at a warehouse complex, with burning debris thrown into the air.



Moscow also reported hitting an ammunition facility at Milaya containing components and launch boosters for FP-1 and FP-2 long-range drones. Other targets included fuel facilities in Izmail and maritime and logistics infrastructure in Nikolayev allegedly used by the Ukrainian military.

Kiev regional authorities confirmed a warehouse fire accompanied by explosions and temporarily closed a 17km section of the M-06 Kiev-Chop highway. Residents were warned to stay clear of the area and not film the aftermath.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Sergey Koretsky said the incident involved a fire followed by a “detonation” and compared it with a major ammunition-depot explosion in the Kiev suburb of Vishnevoye in July.

“Unfortunately, we can already state that the terrible tragedy in Vishnevoye did not become a lesson,” Koretsky said, describing the recurrence of such incidents as “criminal negligence” and calling for those responsible to be punished.

His comments appeared to raise renewed concerns about storing explosive military material close to populated areas. Following the July Vishnevoye strike, Ukraine’s Security Service said ammunition had been stored in unsuitable warehouses without required permits, including sites in the “immediate proximity” of residential areas.

Russia says its continuing attacks are directed at Ukraine’s military-industrial and logistics infrastructure in response to Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory. Moscow maintains that civilians are not deliberately targeted.

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  1. The whole of Europe including the UK is waging a proxy war backing Ukraine against Russia. Ukraine has lost half its population and are now press ganging men on the streets into the army and then onto the frontline. Plenty of proof this is happening. New Zealand and Australia are part of the shameful backers sending money to Ukraine, the most corrupt country on earth, when their own populations are against such financial assistance.
    Russia got rid of the Bolsheviks (aka communists) in the 1990s, who then scattered into western countries, filled the universities and the bureaucracy, gained access to the levers of power, and who are now maintaining the constant attacks on Russia.
    That one fat old woman named Victoria Nuland and her ilk could start so much ongoing death and destruction in the so-called civilised world is testament to the cowardice and corruption of our leaders who could bring the whole murderous charade to an end but who choose not to.
    God protect Mother Russia against these evildoers.

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