Five people have been killed in a shooting at a military factory in the Ukrainian city of Dnepropetrovsk. Five more people were injured in the incident on Thursday morning.
The statement added that the National Guard had opened fire on security guards at the missile factory in the town of Dnipro on Thursday morning. He later fled the scene. Five people were killed in the incident. Five others were injured.
Police are searching for the fugitive. The Interior Ministry said in a statement that the motive for the attack was unknown. A National Guard commander was dispatched to the scene to investigate, the statement said.
The attack came amid tensions with Russia. Tensions between the two countries have risen since a recent Russian military rally on the Ukrainian border.
The United States has said it will send 90 tons of ammunition, including ammunition, to Ukraine's frontline fighters. The United Kingdom is supplying Ukraine with short-range anti-tank missiles. Some NATO members, including Denmark, Spain, France and the Netherlands, are sending warplanes and warships to the region to bolster defense in Eastern Europe. However, Germany has refused to allow the Ukrainian government to send weapons to Ukraine. They have made this decision in line with their policy of not sending lethal weapons to the conflict zone. Germany has decided to send medical aid to Ukraine without sending lethal weapons.
Russia and Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire on Wednesday after more than eight hours of talks in the French capital, Paris. News AFP
At the Paris talks, Moscow and Kiev agreed that all sides should observe a ceasefire.
A French diplomat has welcomed the decision by Russia and Ukraine to agree to a ceasefire. He described it as a "good sign".
Russia has mobilized a large of troops on Ukraine's eastern border. Ukraine and Western countries are having tensions with Russia over this.
Kiev and the West have expressed concern that Moscow is planning military intervention in Ukraine. However, Moscow has denied the allegations. Moscow has demanded that Ukraine not be included in the NATO alliance.
An aide to French President Emmanuel Macho said on condition of anonymity that the two sides had met in Paris to discuss ways to resolve issues such as the fight against separatists in eastern Ukraine since 2014, not the threat of Russian military aggression in Ukraine.
Macho's colleague added, In the end, there was something positive in the difficult negotiations. In the current situation, we have received a good signal.
Russia and Ukraine have agreed to sign a joint statement for the first time since 2019 on the ongoing conflict between Ukrainian forces and separatists. France and Germany are also part of this joint statement.
In 2014, Russia occupied the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine. Fighting between government forces and separatists has been raging in eastern Ukraine ever since.
The four countries, known as the "Normandy Group" since 2014, have been working to reach a peace deal with eastern Ukraine.
Russia has mobilized 100,000 troops on the Ukrainian border. Western nations say Russia is using it to provoke fighting between military forces and separatists in eastern Ukraine and use it to launch military operations in the country. Russia has denied the allegations.
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