In the late evening of August 28, a Russian attack hit a Ukrainian warehouse in Myla, in the Kiev region, where drones, mines and weapons for the army were stored. The depot, however, was too close to the homes of local residents: it was a massacre. There were at least 37 dead and 42 injured. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke on social media of “terrible negligence”.
Zelensky: “Unacceptable”
“Since yesterday evening and throughout today, I have been receiving reports on the situation in the village of Myla, Kyiv region, where detonations began following a Russian attack,” the Ukrainian president wrote on social media. “A terrible situation and terrible negligence on the part of those who stored explosives right next to people,” is Zelensky’s accusation. He adds: “Another crime like this – after what happened in Vyshneve – is absolutely unacceptable. I expect the details to be presented to the public promptly. The first attack was on an ammunition storage site which certainly should not have been there. Bullets, mines, other ammunition and drones detonated.”
According to what the Financial Timesthe latest Russian attacks demonstrate “a change in tactics” by Moscow. The Kremlin is said to be using “a smaller but continuous number of more expensive but more difficult to intercept drones, equipped with jet engines”.
Putin: “Explain the special mission to children like this”
Meanwhile, while Ukraine deals with the new Russian offensive, Vladimir Putin has stepped into the role of pedagogue. The Russian president, during a meeting with some teachers on the eve of the resumption of the school year, suggested that teachers use the metaphor of the food chain between killer whales and polar bears to explain to children the reasons that pushed Russia to launch the invasion of Ukraine.
Putin to a teacher:
Killer whales eat those bears like they’re nothing. They just attack in a pack like that and… boom! Tear them to pieces. That’s the food chain.
And children should also be told about this so that they understand what kind of world we live in and why we are… pic.twitter.com/upwh3OFe4Y
— Clash Report (@clashreport) August 29, 2026
Dmitry Balanchukov, a teacher from the Belgorod region, was talking about his trip to the North Pole. Putin asked him if he had seen polar bears there. Then, suddenly, he declared that “killer whales eat bears like they were small fish,” attacking them in packs. Putin then argued that it is worth talking to children about these processes that occur in nature “to understand what world we live in” and “why we are conducting the special military operation.”