The pre-trial investigation into the explosions at ammunition depots in Myla in the Dmytrivka community is now in its second month. The detonation after the russian strike on 28 August claimed the lives of 38 people.

This was stated by the Specialised Defence Prosecutor’s Office of the Central Region in a reply to an NV request.

According to the investigation, at 8:10 p.m. russian forces attacked the storage buildings of one of the companies in Myla with a drone. Some of them were used by an SBU unit. After the hit, a detonation began, and the explosions and fire spread to neighbouring buildings.

On 3 September the head of one of the SBU units was served a notice of suspicion. The prosecutor’s office does not name him or his position.

He is accused of a military official’s deliberate failure to perform his duties under martial law, resulting in grave consequences. According to investigators, he allowed weapons and ammunition to be stored in a building that did not meet safety requirements.

The official was remanded in custody with the option of bail. According to Ukrainska Pravda, he was released on 14 September after posting bail of UAH 499,200.

What has still not been established

The prosecutor’s office did not say who owned the depots or who exactly used them, though it said these questions are being examined. Investigative and procedural actions are under way.

What happened in Myla

The strike came on the evening of 28 August. A fire broke out at the company’s premises, explosions began, and the fire spread to residential houses. The M-06 highway was closed because of the detonation, and 381 people, including 59 children, were evacuated from the village.

Among the dead was Taras Didych, head of the Dmytrivka community, who was one of the first to arrive at the scene. Another 42 people were injured and about fifty houses were damaged. A day of mourning was declared in the Kyiv region on 30 August.

Clearing the aftermath took several days: hundreds of people and more than a hundred vehicles worked at the site, and volunteers from Irpin also helped put out fires. Next to the destroyed Tsytadel complex a tent was set up to accept housing compensation claims.

Later, drinking water from wells and boreholes was banned in Myla after petroleum products and phenols were found in samples. Water checks also began in neighbouring Horenychi.

The Prosecutor General’s Office said the ammunition had been stored in a former vegetable warehouse less than a hundred metres from homes, and had not been removed before the strike.

As a reminder, the fire and detonation at the company in Myla began on the evening of 28 August.

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