In the Dnipropetrovsk region, paratroopers return to barracks

At the Oryolovschina station in the Dnipropetrovsk region, military personnel of the 25th landing brigade left the train, which was supposed to go to Kyiv. This was reported by UNIAN with reference to the coordinator of the Dnipropetrovsk Euromaidan Viktor Romanenko. The paratroopers left the wagons and, according to one of the commanders, are returning to the barracks in the Novomoskovsky district. The military were armed with sniper rifles, Romanenko noted.

Earlier on Thursday, activists blocked a train of 11 wagons, in which about 500 troops were placed. At first, about 10 activists were on the rails to prevent the train. Employees of the linear police department tried to drag them away.

Three cars with the activists of the local Euromaidan set to help the protesters from the regional center. As a result, more than 300 people took part in the train blocking. They built barricades on both sides of the train.

Meanwhile, it is known that at the village of Peschanka, not far from the Oryolovschina station, about 7 in the morning local time (9 in the morning of Moscow time), the Ural car, which was traveling in the column of the 25th separate Dnipropetrovsk airborne brigade, was accidentally used . As you might assume, the column moved to the station for loading into the train.

The 22-year-old driver of the Urals lost control. The car flew out of the highway and rolled over. Three soldiers died, nine more were injured.

On the eve of the acting Minister of Defense of Ukraine Pavel Lebedev confirmed the sending to Kiev of the 25th separate Dnipropetrovsk airborne brigade . According to Lebedev, the paratroopers are transferred "to strengthen the protection of bases, where military weapons, as well as arsenal are stored." When asked about guarantees that this arsenal will not be used against demonstrators, acting The minister replied: "Read the Constitution and the laws of Ukraine."

Later, the press service of the Ministry of Defense assured that "information about the redrawing of military personnel to disperse the Maidan is not true."

The former head of the country's military department Anatoly Gritsenko wrote on his Facebook page on his Facebook page on Wednesday morning on his Facebook page on Wednesday morning. “The army with the people, everyone asked and waited intensely? They waited,” he remarked.

Gritsenko later said that Lebedev ordered to transfer the 79th separate automobile regiment to the capital from Nikolaev - also in full combat equipment.

At the end of January, Lebedev said that the army did not plan to intervene in the conflict of citizens with the authorities . "The army will strictly follow the Constitution and the laws of Ukraine, which clearly prescribe its role, functions and tasks, including the use of the Armed Forces," he promised. Lebedev called the proposals of some politicians to intervene the army in resolving the conflict. “This is excluded,” he said.