Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that officials who allowed a weapons warehouse to operate in a residential area outside Kyiv, where explosions killed 10 people, had been identified and would be held accountable.

A ‌Russian strike this week on the town of Vyshneve on Kyiv's western outskirts hit a warehouse housing ⁠arms, setting off a series of secondary explosions. ​Hundreds of houses were damaged.

Zelenskyy said an investigation by ⁠the Ukrainian Security Service had established which officials within the state weapons producer Ukroboronprom had authorized  the use of ‌the warehouse in Vyshneve.

"This was a direct ​violation of both ‌the law and a decision of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's staff," ‌he said. "The responsible officials have been identified and the state's position is that each of them must ⁠be held accountable."

Without ‌identifying those accused, ⁠Zelenskyy said the heads of two state-owned enterprises had ⁠operated ⁠in violation of the law and of the decisions taken by Ukraine's ‌military. Other officials who may have contributed to decisions would also be investigated, he said.

"Every enterprise manager ‌must ensure ​that such ‌tragedies are never repeated," he said.

The episode sparked a public outcry, with residents claiming negligence ​and a lack of information from officials.