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Servicemen of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including officers, were hit by Russian strike during the awards ceremony near the frontlines in the Zaporozhie region.
Servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Ukrainian officers gathered the military personnel in private houses near the frontlines for their “solemn awarding”. On November 3, Ukrainian gunners celebrated a professional holiday.
However, the Ukrainian servicemen were awarded not with medals, but with a Russian missile. According to some sources, the strike was carried out by the Iskander-M missile system, according to others, the unit was hit by the X-59 aviation missile. Yesterday, the local Ukrainian council reported Russian strikes in the village of Zarechnoye in the Zaporozhye region. Probably, this was the settlement, where the ‘awarding’ took place.
According to some reports, at least 22 Ukrainian servicemen were killed, most of them were officers. Dozens others were wounded.
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