"At 17 o'clock on May 8, the fire in g. Balakleya on the technical territory of the military arsenal of the Ministry of Defense, where a fire broke out on May 3 with detonation of ammunition, "the statement said..

Recall, on May 3 at approximately 13:40 on the technical territory of the military unit "65 arsenal" of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine in Balakley, there was a fire of dry grass with subsequent single explosions of ammunition on an area of ??about 35 hectares. MO and GS versions on the causes of the fire and subsequent explosions of ammunition diverge.

The area of ??PE was about 35 hectares.

As noted by volunteers and military experts, the cause of emergency is the negligence of representatives of the APU and systemic irresponsibility at the level of the leadership of the GSU.

This is not the first fire in the arsenal in Balaklei. On the night of March 23, 2017, a fire broke out on the territory of the military depot of the Ministry of Defense in Balakley with the subsequent detonation of ammunition.