More than 70 Ukrainian soldiers killed and wounded after tactical mistake

According to initial reports, the attack took place at a shooting range in Shostka, Sumy Oblast, northeastern Ukraine. Iskander missiles killed several Ukrainian soldiers at. Photo: Russian Defense Ministry

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the country's military attacked a training camp near Shostka of the 1st Special Purpose Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine. According to the statement, the Iskander missile strike killed up to 70 servicemen, including 20 foreign military advisers. In addition, an ammunition depot and 10 pieces of military equipment were also destroyed. Photo: Russian Defense Ministry

From the Ukrainian side, the missile attack was initially reported by the Sumy Oblast Military Department. It said that an industrial facility had been damaged. It later added that seven residential homes and a kindergarten in the Shostka community had also been damaged. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense

The Ukrainian National Guard later confirmed the Russian military attack on a shooting range. They said six Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 10 others were injured in the incident. Photo: Reuters

An internal investigation was launched following the attack. The commander of the military unit involved was suspended, and the necessary information was passed on to law enforcement agencies. Officials also promised a “severe legal review” of all those involved, but so far no one has been held accountable. Illustrative photo

Ukrainian People's Deputies Oleksiy Honcharenko condemned the military leadership for holding exercises near the Russian border, saying that “a UAV hovered over it for quite some time” before the attack. Photo: Russian Defense Ministry

“This is a complete disaster. […] This is a crime. By those who decided to organize military training right next to the front line. There is a complete disregard for humanity. From orders to hold out in the encirclement to organizing training right next to the enemy,” Honcharenko wrote. Photo: Reuters

Meanwhile, special correspondent for Ukraine's leading news agency TSN, Yulia Kyriyenko-Merinova, clarified that this is not a training center but a shooting range — the kind that every military unit stationed on the front line has. Photo: TASS

“This is not a rally. It is not an award ceremony. Most importantly, there were no 70 dead!! This was an attack with a high-explosive Iskander missile. It is necessary to understand the difference between a training center and a firing range near the front line, and not to spread betrayal,” she stressed, criticizing Ukrainian bloggers for hastily sharing information from the Russian side without verifying it. Photo: Russian Defense Ministry

This is not the first time that Russian forces have attacked groups of Ukrainian soldiers gathered at training grounds or shooting ranges near the front line, especially during major award ceremonies held amid fighting. Photo: Russian Defense Ministry

In November 2023, Russian forces attacked soldiers of the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade as they gathered for an awards ceremony on Artillery Day in the frontline area of ​​Zaporizhzhia Oblast, killing 19 soldiers.

Following the attack, President Zelensky announced the suspension of the brigade commander, Dmytro Lysiuk, pending an investigation into alleged violations of safety regulations that left the group vulnerable to enemy aerial reconnaissance. Photo: Anadolu

The most recent incident occurred on March 1, 2025, when the Russian Defense Ministry announced that the occupying forces attacked the “Novomoskovskyi” military training ground in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with an “Iskander-M” missile, killing more than 30 servicemen. Photo: Russian Defense Ministry

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