In the Crimea, in the village of Sovietanske, a barrack, where hundreds of mobilized soldiers were stationed, caught fire, two soldiers died, Meduza and Ukrainian Pravda report.

Fire in Russian barracks in CrimeaPhoto: video shooting

The pro-Russian Krymsky TV channel, citing a source in the Crimean government, writes that as a result of the fire, two soldiers died, and about 200 soldiers were forced to leave.

The cause of the fire was “careless handling of fire.”

The pro-Ukrainian channel “Crimean Wind” claims that the barracks were occupied by Russian mobilized forces.