A Ukrainian National Guard soldier opened fire on security guards at a military factory in central Ukraine for reasons unknown, killing five people and wounding five others before fleeing.
The incident took place in the early hours of Thursday in Dnipro at the Pivdenmash missile factory (Yuzhny Machine-Building Plant Yuzhmash) as weapons were being issued to the guards at the start of a shift, a police statement said.
This comes as Ukraine has accused Russia of boosting supplies of weapons, ammunition and military equipment to separatist regions in Ukraine while actively recruiting mercenaries to fight in the ongoing conflict. Could this be one of them?
The attacker opened fire with a Kalashnikov assault rifle and afterwards fled the scene, the interior ministry said, adding: “As a result, five people died and another five were injured.”
Police later captured the suspect in the town of Pidgorodne outside of Dnipro.
Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskiy named the soldier as Artem Ryabchuk and said he would “bear the strictest responsibility provided by law”.
Monastyrskiy added the five wounded people were receiving medical treatment and “doctors are fighting to save their lives”.
“Following my order, a commission will be set up to study the circumstances that led to these actions being taken by a 21-year-old soldier, who had been called to defend his country and be responsible for security – and not to shoot his colleagues,” said Monastyrskiy.
The incident occurred at 3:40am (01:40 GMT) when the shooter was being issued a weapon at the beginning of his shift, the ministry said. “The motives for the crime are not yet known.”
What was the motive?
Yuzhmash is an aerospace factory that produces and tests material related to defence, aeronautics and agriculture, according to its website.
“First of all, the investigation will face the question – what was the motive for committing such a terrible crime? Whether the serviceman faced a psychological pressure in the team will be studied,” deputy Ukraine’s interior minister Anton Gerashchenko said on Facebook.
He said investigators would look into how the soldier passed a medical commission that allowed him access to weapons. “In any case he will suffer the most severe punishment for the mass murder,” Gerashchenko said.
The attack comes at a sensitive time for Ukraine’s military. The Russian military has been amassing troops near the country’s border with Ukraine, and NATO members have accused Russia of planning an invasion of the country.
Moscow, meanwhile, denies the accusation and is seeking security guarantees that NATO will halt its eastward expansion into former Soviet republics.
The US and NATO have held a series of talks with Russian officials over the past few weeks, but the negotiations so far have failed to end the crisis. Another round of negotiations is set to take place in Berlin, Germany, in two weeks.
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And I’ll say it again,
Russia is not my enemy are they yours?
Because the Deep State, Dem/Libs have a quarrel with Russia it means nothing to me.
Russia is the enemy of the people who get involved with Russian interests.
We have few if nothing in America that says “Made in Russia”
I don’t’ believe Russia wants to rule the world, for that matter China
either, both keep each other in check.
Both are against the NWO.
My Oh My how the American MSM have made the American people an enemy of Russia
through their lies, deceit and propaganda.
The MSM have even conditioned the American people to think of the 3rd
world countries as less than human.
Instead of compassion, disgust is shown.
You can’t do that with a Super Power so you make them your enemy.
Only the real Churches ordained by God are there to help the 3rd world
with water, food, clothing and shelter.
Listen very carefully when politicians try to speak for you using words
such as We, Us, Together, The American People want/does not want, etc, more so when you are against their policies!
Why would any sane person want to be any enemy of a Nuclear Super Power?
Unless you’re insane like the Democratic/Leftist/Socialist Party.
I THINK IT’S A DAMN GOOD IDEA THAT US GETS ALONG WITH PUTIN!
I THINK PUTIN SHOULD REMOVE THE ENEMIES WHO STAND IN THE WAY OF
FRIENDSHIP.
But all in all, Father God’s will be done.
America HAS STOLEN HUNDREDS OF TANKER SHIP LOADS OF OIL FROM SYRIA,america has LOOTED 57 countries since world war two,the world is wide awake now,AMERICA IF YOU DO NOT BRING YOUR MILITARY HOME..YOU CAN FULLY EXPECT TO BE BOMBED INTO ASHES BY THE NUCLEAR COUNTIES YOU HAVE LOOTED,they have WARNED YOU AND WARNED YOU TO STOP AND GO HOME..but like all stupid criminals you refuse to reel in the criminals running your country,YOUR almost out of time,take action or FACE THE WORST BLOODBATH IN HISTORY,THEIR NOT KIDDING YOU..THEY REALLY WILL BOMB YOU IN TO ASHES..
A good slap (punches for men only) by mum to the face and immediate execution.
how about failed flase flag to kick wwiii the criminal class in our government know that if we have an election next november they will be voted out tried for there crimes and likly hung for there many 1000,s of acts of treason againt the american people and there many crimes against humanity….
Suggestion…not our problem.
Take care of our border and America and the hell with corrupt third world holes.