Russia Drone Strikes Kyiv Security HQ, 38 Killed in Ammo Depot Attack as Ukraine Hits Refineries

Russia struck Ukraine’s security service headquarters in central Kyiv overnight, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed [1]. The attack came without warning and hit the building directly, though the extent of damage and casualties was not immediately specified [1]. In a separate and deadlier incident, a Russian strike on an ammunition depot near the capital killed at least 38 people, making it one of the deadliest attacks on the region since the invasion began [2]. The blast hit a sensitive urban site close to homes, raising new safety concerns, and emergency crews continue searching through rubble as the death toll could rise [2][3]. Ukrainian prosecutors have opened an investigation into why munitions were stored so close to residential areas after the warehouse in Myla was hit, with at least 50 residential buildings damaged, including a care home [3].

The attacks come as Russia intensifies its air campaign, launching nearly 2,000 attack drones, more than 1,600 glide bombs, and 31 missiles in the past week, according to Zelensky [4]. Ukrainian air defenses were reported active before the Kyiv security HQ strike [1]. Meanwhile, Ukraine has continued its own long-range strikes on Russian infrastructure, hitting oil refineries and fuel facilities deep inside Russian territory [5][6]. Kyiv says these strikes have cut Russia’s jet fuel production so sharply that Moscow is now importing fuel from abroad, including at least 70,000 tonnes from South Korea and Egypt, to keep its warplanes flying [4]. Ukraine has also targeted the Ust-Luga port fuel facility on the Baltic Sea and an oil depot in the Sochi region, marking some of the deepest strikes of the war [6][7]. Russia’s second-largest oil refinery has also been hit again in an overnight attack [5]. Ukraine says these strikes are meant to damage Russia’s economy and limit its ability to sustain the invasion [4].