2023-11-05 06:44:27
Following reports of a Russian missile attack on a military medal awarding ceremony that killed more than 20 soldiers in the southern frontline region of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry has opened an investigation into the incident. Defense Minister Rustem Umerov announced this in a statement on social media on Saturday.
In it he expressed his condolences to the families of the fallen soldiers of the Zakarpattia Mountain Brigade. The Ukrainian military said in a separate statement that Russia had attacked the Zaporizhia region with an Iskander ballistic missile. Soldiers were killed and residents were injured. Neither the minister nor the military gave a number of victims or more specific details regarding the attack.
The statements followed reports on Ukrainian online platforms and by military bloggers that more than 20 soldiers were killed in a village near the front line in the Zaporizhzhia region during an Artillery Day medal ceremony on Friday. In its daily reports on the course of the war, the Russian Defense Ministry said only that Russian forces had fired on a Ukrainian unit in the region, killing up to 30 soldiers. Archyde.com might not independently verify the information and reports.
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