To exaggerate the scale of the loss from the fire at the 65th army arsenal in Balakley near Kharkov is not worth it, since the most valuable ammunition in the warehouses survived. About this in his Facebook wrote an assistant to the Minister of Defense Yuri Biryukov.

"Not 125, not 150, not 175 thousand tons. The overwhelming majority of the burned-out ammunition. The territory is strewn with remnants of anti-aircraft missile systems that were withdrawn from service in the 1970s. Most importantly, the most important - concrete bunkers resisted. Even those in which "flew" and "punched". And they have preserved what is really needed. Actually, that's why he was kept there, "he said..

According to the adviser to the president, the audit of the documentation is over now, which is practically all preserved.

"Verification of loading and unloading for 2015-2017 years, now started audit by 2014. So far, the commission and the investigation groups have not found any discrepancies in the figures, "Biryukov added..

On March 23, 2017, at about 02:46, a fire broke out at the weapons warehouses of the military unit A1352 near the city of Balakleya in the Kharkov region, evacuation. The investigation speaks of sabotage.