# Ukrainian prime minister blames ‘criminal negligence’ for massive warehouse explosion near Kyiv

https://mins.news/en/item/36233

- Meduza, 2026-08-28 23:01 UTC
- World
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/29/ukrainian-prime-minister-blames-criminal-negligence-for-massive-warehouse-detonation-near-kyiv

> Russian forces struck Kyiv region on August 28, setting fire to a commercial facility in Bucha district and causing secondary explosions that injured five people. Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi called the incident “criminal negligence,” while Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office opened an investigation.

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