Workers of the State Emergency Situations Service of Ukraine have cleared the town of Balaklia and nearby villages in Kharkiv region from unexploded ordnance after an accident at a local military depot late in March.
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense Serhiy Pashynskiy spoke about the losses caused by a fire at Ukraine's largest military munitions depot in the town of Balaklia, Kharkiv region.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says that NATO is currently providing personal protection and demining equipment to Ukraine after artillery ammunition explosions near Balaklia on March 23.
The murder of exiled former Russian MP Denis Voronenkov was not the first death with a political tinge in modern Ukraine, but yet it was too resonant. Legislators and the president are balancing between the search for mutual understanding and poorly concealed hostility. Europe’s largest munitions depot in Balaklia caught fire, drawing increased attention. Volodymyr Groysman is in search of new incarnations aiming to table a successful annual report on his achievements.
Movement of rail transport at Balaklia station in Kharkiv region, which was halted due to the explosion of ammunition in military depots, was resumed, head of the Balaklia District State Administration Stepan Maselsky posted on Facebook.
NATO representatives are arriving in the town of Balaklia, Ukraine, to conduct demining operations in the area where a large-scale fire engulfed a military munitions depot on March 23, head of the Kharkiv regional state administration Yulia Svetlichna said on air of 112 Ukraine TV channel.
The Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Center has started procedures to provide assistance to Ukraine on humanitarian demining in Balaklia, where on Thursday a large-scale fire engulfed a military munitions depot and mass detonations ensued, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko wrote on Twitter.