Ukraine on Monday acknowledged that a Russian missile strike on a military training ground at the weekend had inflicted deaths and injuries, stating that a criminal investigation was underway into possible negligence.
Russia’s defence ministry shared a video of what it described as an Iskander-M ballistic missile strike on a camp in Dnipropetrovsk region on Saturday, stressing that it inflicted heavy casualties.
Ukraine’s army chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, via
Telegram said that Russia had struck with cluster munitions but did not disclose casualty details.
The State Bureau of Investigations, Ukrainian law enforcement agency said it had opened a criminal investigation into possible negligence over the attack, without giving details of what wrongdoing might have taken place.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s land forces commander Mykhailo Drapatyi said on Telegram, those responsible would be found.
“We are witnessing untimely decisions and unlearned lessons. No one will hide behind explanations or formal reports,” Drapatyi said.
According to the army chief, a training centre head and a commander of a military unit were suspended from duties, with checks ordered into implementation of a ban on outside meetings.
It was gathered that during three years of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Moscow’s forces have inflicted casualties various times in attacks on Ukrainian military educational institutions and various formal outdoor gatherings.