In the fires in Balakley and Kalinovka, the army lost a huge amount of ammunition, and for this all must be responsible for the defense of the country, beginning with the chief of the General Staff. This was announced today at a briefing by the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Turchynov.

Turchynov noted that last night a military cabinet was assembled, and the main issue was the localization of the fire at the arsenal in Kalinovka. "Detonation of individual shells is taking place, the fire is actually stopped," he said..

"I will speak frankly. During this year, during the destruction, in fact, of the arsenal in Balakley, this fire in Kalinovka, we lost a huge amount of ammunition. The country suffered the greatest blow since the beginning of the war, a blow to our defenses and defenses, "he said..

According to Turchinov, the principal issue for him, which he raised at the meeting of the military cabinet, is responsibility - beginning with Chief of the General Staff Victor Muzhenko and all along the vertical line of all those responsible for the defense of the country.

"We demonstrated that we are unable to protect our strategic arsenals. And so the question arises as to the quality of the defense of our country. And while we do not have the highest officials who do not perform their functions qualitatively, we will constantly consider our losses and our losses, "he stressed..

Turchynov added that while the top officials in the country are not responsible for their substandard actions, they will incur losses and damages.

Earlier, today the chief military prosecutor Anatoly Matios said that he considers insufficient security of the warehouse in Kalinovka. As you know, for objects of this magnitude in Ukraine, militarized security is monitored.