Poltorak: Less than US$1 mln allocated for Kalynivka ammo depot in 2017

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12:50, 28.09.2017

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Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak says that UAH 25 million, or US$944,465, has been allocated for the maintenance of the military arsenal near the village of Kalynivka in Vinnytsia region, according to the presidential press service.

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"The minister said that UAH 500,000 [$18,889] was allocated for the ammunition warehouse located near Kalynivka in 2014, while UAH 25 million was channeled to this facility this year," the press service quoted the minister as saying at the military cabinet's meeting held in Kyiv on Thursday, September 28.

Read alsoSBU to probe sabotage at Kalynivka ammo depotAs UNIAN reported earlier, first reports about explosions of ammunition and a blaze in the arsenal of the Ministry of Defense near Kalynivka came at around 22:00 local time on September 26.

According to the State Emergency Service, two people were injured in the incident, with more than 30,000 people having been evacuated from the nearby area.

Law enforcers have qualified the incident at the ammunition depot as an act of subversive activity.

depot ammunition Kalynivka

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