The attacker opened fire with an assault rifle then fled the scene.
Highlights
- A Ukrainian National Guard soldier opened fire on security guards at a military factory in central Ukraine for reasons unknown, killing five people and wounding five others before fleeing.
- Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskiy named the soldier as Artem Ryabchuk and said he would “bear the strictest responsibility provided by law”.
- He said investigators would look into how the soldier passed a medical commission that allowed him access to weapons.
- The attack comes at a sensitive time for Ukraine’s military.
- The Russian military has been amassing troops near the country’s border with Ukraine, and NATO members have accused Russia of planning an invasion of the country.