Three killed in a missile explosion at a plant in Ukraine


  • World
  • Friday, 29 Jul 2016

KIEV (Reuters) - Three people died, including a NATO representative, in an explosion at a military installation in northern Ukraine, the Ukrainian defence company Ukroboronprom said on Friday.

The explosion occurred on Thursday afternoon while a missile was being unloaded from a vehicle, the company said in a statement. It said two other workers were injured.

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