March 23, 2017 (Reuters) The Ukrainian military
said unknown saboteurs blew up a warehouse storing tank ammunition at a
military base in the east of the country early on Thursday, but nobody was
hurt. The base, which contained about 138,000 tonnes of ammunition, is
located in the city of Balakleya about 100 km (60 miles) from the
frontline of Ukraine's war against Russian-backed separatists.
Rescue teams
were evacuating nearby villages in the eastern Kharkiv region, the military
said. "According to preliminary data ... as a result of sabotage, last
night at 2.46 AM (0046 GMT), fire and explosions caused the detonation of
ammunition at several sites storing rockets and artillery weapons,"
Ukraine's chief military prosecutor Anatoly Matios wrote on Facebook.
Military
spokesman Oleksander Motuzyanyk said security around other bases was being
beefed up. Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman was due to fly to the
area later on Thursday. Saboteurs previously tried to destroy the same base
using drones in 2015, another military spokesman, Yuzef Venskovich, told the
112 TV channel. More than 10,000 people have been killed in the conflict
between Ukraine and the separatist rebels since 2014.
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