Ukraine will conduct an investigation into the death of military personnel after a Russian missile attack

Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov ordered an investigation into the deaths of military personnel from the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Transcarpathian Brigade, who died after a Russian missile strike, the Telegram channel “Country Politics” reports.

Earlier it was reported that in Zaporozhye, a Russian X-59 missile hit the permanent deployment point of the 128th mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The gathering place of the brigade’s artillerymen, who had gathered to celebrate their professional holiday, was covered. Eyewitnesses reported the consequences on Ukrainian social networks.

“All the circumstances of what happened will be clarified. I instruct the Main Inspectorate of the Ministry of Defense to conduct a full investigation into this tragedy,” Umerov wrote on social networks.

Earlier on social networks it was said that the Ukrainian military died because, contrary to the rules of front-line security, the officers decided to take them out into a group formation.

This was actually confirmed by the deputy head of the Rada Committee on Defense, Maryana Bezuglaya. She stated that this is “far from the first time such constructions have occurred.”

It was reported that the strike used a modern modification of the Kh-59 “Gadfly” missile (according to NATO classification AS-13 Kingbolt, “Shkvoren”), still developed by the Soviet Union. The mass of an air-to-surface missile is up to 800 kilograms. Range – up to 300 kilometers. The missile is designed to destroy important enemy ground targets. The warhead can be penetrating or cassette. The mass of the warhead is up to 300 kilograms.