The head of the Defence Ministry ordered an inspection into the causes of the 128th Brigade tragedy

Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said that he had instructed the agency's chief inspectorate to conduct an inspection into the deaths of defenders from the 128th separate mountain assault Zakarpattia brigade. About this he wrote in Facebook.

He expressed condolences to the families of the victims and promised that all the circumstances of what happened will be established.

Our enemy is an insidious terrorist. We must make every effort to protect our people and give all honest answers to the families and friends of the fallen soldiers," Umerov said.

The Russian army struck Ukrainian soldiers in the frontline village of Zaporizhzhya, who were gathered in one place to be awarded in honour of Artillery Day, tentatively we may be talking about more than 20 dead, including the former head of Khmelnytskyi regional RTCC Volodymyr Vozny, who was recently transferred to the RTCC of Zaporizhzhya region.

We would like to point out that the Ukrainian armed forces confirmed the strike on the personnel of the 128th separate mountain assault brigade, which resulted in the death of servicemen. The corresponding message is posted in the official account of the AFU in Facebook.

On the third of November in the Zaporizhzhya direction the enemy struck 26 settlements in Zaporizhzhya, Polohovsky and Vasilievsky districts. In particular, hit the personnel of the 128th separate mountain assault brigade with Iskander-M missile, as a result of which servicemen were killed and local residents were wounded to varying degrees of severity," the report said.

Chairman of the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration Viktor Mykyta appealed to the residents of Transcarpathian region to cancel the planned holidays.

I ask all fellow countrymen, communities, entrepreneurs in public catering establishments to refrain in the next few days from any entertainment events, concerts, etc..... After the official information and with the permission of the 128th OGSHBr, there will be an order to honour the fallen soldiers," he wrote.