# Expert: Kyiv using ‘human shield’ to protect military-industrial complex

https://mins.news/en/item/38642

- TASS, 2026-08-31 12:14 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2179855

> Military expert Dmitry Barov says Ukrainian authorities are placing ammunition depots in residential areas to use the local population as a “human shield” for the military-industrial complex. He cited a depot in the Milaya settlement near Kyiv that was located in a residential area and later caught fire and detonated.

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