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On January 27, in Dnipro, a 20-year-old conscript soldier, Artemiy Ryabchuk, shot a guard of National Guard soldiers with a Kalashnikov assault rifle during the issuance of weapons and escaped.
The emergency happened at 03.40 on the territory of the Southern Machine-building Plant Yuzhmash.
Five people were killed and five others were injured.
During the provision of medical care, a serviceman of the National Guard died, who also received gunshot wounds.
A police operation Siren has been introduced in the city. The personnel of the National Police and National Guard units have been alerted.
The motives of the crime are not yet known.
The commander of the National Guard, Colonel General Nikolai Balan, urgently left for the scene.
