In a Russian rocket attack on a military training ground in the Ukrainian region of DnjePropetrovsk, dozens of soldiers were probably killed and injured on Saturday.
The news about the attack on the training grounds of the army in Novomoskovsk came out in the course of Monday via an explanation From the Ukrainian forces. Russian messages that were quoted in the KYIV Post On Monday, about one hundred and fifty -killed Ukrainian soldiers and thirty foreign instructors, but those claims were not confirmed in Ukraine itself. The Ukrainian Pravda spoke of ‘dozens of dead’ and ‘possibly a hundred injured’. Why the news did not come out until Monday is unknown.
According to Moscow The military training ground was attacked with a ISKander M-Rocket, a ballistic rocket for the short distance. The commander of the Ukrainian armed forces, Oleksandr Syrsky, said on Monday that Russia had bombarded the site with a ballistic rocket that was ‘equipped with cluster munitions’, but he did not give any details about numbers of victims. He did acknowledge that people were killed. According to Syrsky the head of the military training center and the commander of the unit are suspended.
The KYIV Independent wrote Monday afternoon That the attack was carried out after the soldiers were discovered from an observation drone, about a hundred kilometers from the front line. The training grounds at the village of Tsjerkaske is an accommodation of the 157th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian army.
The Ukrainian drone specialist Serhi Beskestnov wrote on Telegram on Monday after studying images that the discovery of the Russian Orlon observation drone above the training ground “has not led to the necessary safety measures” for those responsible “. With that he seemed to suggest that no alarms were raised to spread the group of soldiers on the site before the rocket struck.
‘The most difficult punishment’
The commander of the Ukrainian army, Michajlo Drapaty, spoke Monday of “a tragedy” on the training ground “as a result of an enemy attack.” Drapaty did not say how many victims the rocket attack demanded. “Everyone who has made decisions that day and anyone who did not take them on time will be called to account,” said Drapaty, who added that he will demand “the most serious punishment.” “The war requires rapid decisions, responsibility, new security standards; Otherwise we will lose more than we do [tot nu toe] have done.
The Ukrainian state research agency DBR has a in -depth investigation Open to find out the background of the attack, and to determine whether the people responsible can be blamed.
Due to the war with Russia, strict rules apply to the forces in Ukraine to minimize the chance of such attacks. Strict restrictions also apply to meetings and other meetings with large groups of soldiers in open spaces.
It is not the first time in the war that a Russian attack on a group of military leads to many victims. In November 2023, nineteen people were killed in a Russian attack on the 128th brigade in the Zaporizja region, also with a ISKander M-rocket. At that time, many Ukrainian soldiers were together for a military ceremony in which awards were awarded.