The tragedy at the military ground Zugol in Transbaikalia

Reports of the tragic incident at a military training ground in Transbaikalia come at this moment. An ammunition explosion has been reported during the collection of unexploded ordnance at the Zugol range. Information about the explosion is confirmed by the main defense department of Russia. The submission says that the explosion of ammunition led to casualties among military personnel.
Two soldiers of the Transbaikalia military unit perished — one officer and one contract serviceman. At least five more servicemen were injured of varying degrees of severity.

From the statement of the RF Ministry of Defense:

10 November 2017 of the year during the scheduled cleaning of target fields from unexploded ordnance at the Tsugol testing ground in the Trans-Baikal Territory occurred spontaneous explosive ordnance. As a result of the explosion, an officer and contract soldier died, another officer and four contract servicemen were injured.

According to updated data, the ammunition could detonate during loading.
All the wounded were urgently taken to the hospital. According to the statement of doctors, there are no threats to the life and health of hospitalized soldiers. Among the multiple injuries in the wounded, fractures of the bones of the lower limbs were diagnosed.
At the site of the tragedy, a commission of the Eastern Military District began its work.

Comments

[Dezinto]

Condolences. Horror of course. Safety rules? They threw shells that from a running start in a heap? After all, you have to try something like that, it’s just detanated.

[79807420129]

And on the spot, it was impossible to undermine? Condolences to the families of the dead, wounded and speedy recovery.

[XXXIII]

Quote: 79807420129

And on the spot could not be blown up?

the same question, so what do we do everywhere?

I’m sorry, sorry guys .....

[Maz]

And where are those robots manipulators with which the Internet is full of? Or are they more expensive than soldier's lives?

[ID90]

Quote: Maz

And where are those robots manipulators with which the Internet is full of? Or are they more expensive than soldier's lives?

in Syria.

[Primoos]

It’s a pity for the soldiers, but if someone served, he knows that everything happens. VV does not forgive mistakes.

[Zibelew]

PTB are written in blood .... unfortunately.

[Jedi]

Condolences to the families of the victims. The wounded - a speedy recovery.

[newcomer]

just a nightmare! condolences to the relatives of the victims. wounded speedy recovery. It’s high time to make a robot for such work. some kind of "Companion" to work at the training ground, or something.

[Nemesis]

Such ammunition needs to be detonated on the spot with subversive charges, and transporting unexploded ordnance located in a combat platoon is a task for kamikaze. As always, through the fault of not smart leadership, people are dying.

[NIKNN]

Quote: Nemesis

Such ammunition needs to be detonated on the spot with subversive charges, and transporting unexploded ordnance located in a combat platoon is a task for kamikaze. As always, through the fault of not smart leadership, people are dying.

As far as I remember, when cleaning the landfill, the task is to set the flags next to the suspicious ammunition, and then it's up to the specialists. Well, I don’t know ....
In any case, condolences to the relatives and the speedy recovery of the wounded.

[faridg7]

Condolences to relatives.
What h ... punch gave the command to collect unexploded ordnance? This is a landfill, no one would have been hurt when they were destroyed on the spot.

[zivXP]

Well, before everything worked out, so they got used to such gouging.

[kind]

But what about remedies? !! Or cleared without them?

[verner1967]

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But what about remedies? !! Or cleared without them?

So they didn’t mine, but unexploded ordnance was removed, the usual work of movers. Although, of course, the leadership does not have a head, if the shell explodes in the hands or nearby, then no protective equipment will help.

[Sands Careers General]

Shitty of course. But with active teachings, this is inevitable. Unfortunately.

[Xscorpion]

The collection of unexploded ordnance is certainly something. Many goals will fly now. It is interesting at what level this was all decided. Decided to save TNT? Although, anything can happen. There may be a banal sloppiness, I remember once at the shooting, the commander of one reconnaissance had the ingenious idea to collect unexploded VOGs, set them as targets at a distance of 100 m and shoot them with small arms. the bullets exploded spectacularly. They didn’t understand that these wogs could have exploded in their hands. Fortunately, it did without an emergency. Apart from the fact that the operators at the shooting range complained to the head of the firing range, since the wogs exploded in the wrong place and could damage the buried wires of target control.

[APASUS]

Still clearing the fields manually? Well, it means that there is no perestroika in our army, modernization, as we are told from the screens

[мать]

Sorry for the heartache of the guys ...! My son served with them in the same company. These were real men and soldiers, so as not to speak in the published comments ... It is easy to reason, sitting at the computer! We condole with the families and friends of the deceased. We wish a speedy recovery to the wounded.

[мать]

Thank you for posting my comments, as no site has done this!

[XXXIII]

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Thank you for posting my comments, as no site has done this!

How do these sites explain their actions ?!
PS As I noticed on the site of V.O., the comment form is quite free and is not prosecuted for certain views!

[Irina2711]

My son is there now. I thought I would go crazy after hearing about it.

[Irina2711]

There, the guys walk around the range and look for unexploded ordnance after the exercises, set up milestones and move on.

[Irina2711]

Polygon Zugol, Trans-Baikal Territory
In Transbaikalia, two servicemen - an officer and a contract soldier - were killed, five more were injured as a result of spontaneous detonation of ammunition. The incident occurred on November 10 at the Tsugol training ground in the Mogoytuy district during the planned cleaning of unexploded ordnance from target fields. Information about the explosion has already been confirmed in the main defense department of Russia. According to updated data, the ammunition could detonate during loading.

Upon the death of two and injuring five others - the Investigative Committee of Russia on the Borzinsky garrison opened a criminal case. At the moment of the tragedy, the commission of the Eastern Military District is currently working.

Life.ru news agency published a list of dead and injured. That night, the injured were taken by helicopter to the Cheryomushki airfield from there to the Chita military hospital. According to doctors, there is no threat to their life and health. Friends and acquaintances of the victims were on duty yesterday near the hospital. They brought clothes and food with them.

We add that tragic fatal incidents from time to time occur at the Trans-Baikal ranges. Only according to available official information, is it known about the cases of 2010 on the 11th and 2012th.

The Zugol training ground itself is one of the largest military training grounds in the Eastern Military District. Large-scale exercises of Russia and Mongolia are held here annually. According to Gazeta.ru, the landfill is actively used for the disposal of old and decommissioned ammunition, some of which have been in stock since the Second World War.

The dead:
Senior Lieutenant Madrimov T.A.
Sergeant Arslanaliev M.A.

Affected:
Alexander Unguryanu (born 1989)
Peter Kiselev (born in 1992)
Genghis Gotopov (born 1984)
Alexander Dostalov (born 1992)
Alexander Bezyazykov (born 1994)
Vladimir Timoshenko (b. 1987)