KYIV. April 14 (Interfax) - A mortar has exploded during the scheduled shooting practice at a Ukrainian military training range in the Donetsk Region, the press service for the State Bureau of Investigations said.
According to preliminary information, the blast went off at about 11:40 a.m. on April 14.
"The explosion killed a 24-year-old senior soldier of the special force company of the special operations detachment. Eight servicemen who were not far from the mortar sustained injuries varying in severity," the statement said.
The scene of the incident is being searched, participants and eyewitnesses of the incident are being interrogated, and investigative experiments are being carried out. Petitions for scheduling relevant forensic studies are being prepared.