Two servicemen killed, 25 people injured in shelling of arms depot in Vinnytsia region

Two servicemen were killed and 25 more people were injured in shelling and fire at an arms depot near the town of Kalynivka, Vinnytsia region.

"As a result of the shelling on the territory of military unit No. A1119, small arms depots caught on fire. One person was killed on tower. Up to 20 service members and six civilians were wounded. All of them have been hospitalized, their health status is moderate. The assistance is being provided. Unfortunately, one serviceman was seriously wounded. He died in hospital," Vasyl Polishchuk, the head of the Kalynivka town community, told Ukrinform.

According to him, the situation is currently under control. The fire is being put out.

Residents of villages at a dangerous distance from the military arsenal were evacuated. Destruction or damage to residential buildings outside the military unit has not been recorded so far.

As reported, in the Vinnytsia region, in addition to military depots near Kalynivka, military units in the town of Tulchyn and the village of Bohonyky were bombed. Casualties have been reported.

At about 05:00, the state border of Ukraine in the sections near the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus was attacked by Russian troops supported by Belarus. Attacks on border units, border patrols, and checkpoints are carried out with the use of artillery, heavy equipment, and small arms in Luhansk, Sumy, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Zhytomyr regions.

In addition, the attack is carried out from the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions and from the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The activity of enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups is also observed. Information on casualties among border guards is being clarified.

As of 07:00, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Armed Forces had shot down 5 planes and 1 helicopter of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

At around 10:00, the sixth plane of the Russian Armed Forces was shot down near Kramatorsk.

On the outskirts of Kharkiv, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed four tanks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

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