Four experts from the forensic center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kiev were blown up while disassembling the R-27 rocket, Strana.ua reported.
According to a source from law enforcement, Ukrainian experts began to cut the warhead of the rocket with a grinder and hit it with a hammer, as a result of which the rocket exploded.
“As a result of violation of security measures by the center’s specialists, an explosion occurred in the warhead of the R-27 air-to-air guided missile,” the source said.
The blast also damaged the facade of the science center, a residential building, a hostel and two service vehicles.
Strana.ua also reported that after the fire was extinguished, efforts to eliminate the consequences of the explosion were suspended due to the risk of heating and other ammunition explosion.
The broadcast also released a video of eyewitnesses at the crime scene with the sound of explosions.
Earlier in the day, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko knowledgeableUnidentified explosions occurred in the zone of the Ring Road “on the territory of the industrial zone” of the Ukrainian capital.
formerly SC judicial A version of the explosion at a gas station in Makhachkala.