The National Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine (NBI) announced on Monday that it has opened an investigation into the death of four Ukrainian soldiers who died as a result of a projectile bursting during exercises in northern Ukraine, AFP reports. and Agerpress.

Ukrainian soldiersPhoto: Ukrinform / Avalon / Profimedia

The incident took place on Saturday in the Chernihiv region, the SBI message in Telegram says.

Proceedings have been opened on the fact of “violation of the rules of handling weapons”, the department reported. The bodies of four servicemen were sent to Chernihiv for a forensic medical examination, the SBI reports, but no other details of the incident are reported.

Chernihiv Oblast, about the size of Belgium, located on Ukraine’s border with Russia and Moscow’s ally Belarus, was partially occupied by the Russian army in the first weeks of the Russian invasion, which began on February 24, 2022.

After the withdrawal of Russia from this territory in the spring of 2022, the Ukrainian army is closely monitoring any movement of Russian troops north of the territory of Ukraine, especially in Belarus.

However, the Ukrainian authorities believe that a new Russian attack from the north is unlikely.

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