MOSCOW, November 9. Several high-ranking military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine died from a missile strike during the award ceremony for personnel of the 128th mountain assault brigade in the Kiev-controlled part of the Zaporozhye region. The Washington Post writes about this.
“»The ceremony turned into a bloodbath. As a result of the <…> missile strike, at least 19 soldiers were killed, including several high-ranking officers and some of the best fighters of the 128th Brigade,» — the article says.
According to the publication, about a hundred military personnel were present at the event. Doctors who arrived at the scene said that they had not seen anything like this since the beginning of a full-scale conflict in the country.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on November 5 said that according to the military of the 128th mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the part controlled by Kiev The Zaporozhye region was hit. According to the Ukrainian publication «Strana», we are talking about an attack on November 3, the target of which was the Ukrainian military during a ceremonial formation. The head of the Zaporozhye public movement “We are together with Russia” Vladimir Rogov said that the strike led to the death of 50 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers.