In the Odesa region, a drunk deserter threw a grenade at some teenagers

In the city of Podilsk, Odesa Oblast, a 51-year-old servicemember on reserve duty, while intoxicated, threw a grenade at a group of teenagers near a local high school. Prior to this, the man had provoked a conflict, used profanity, and threatened the teenagers with an explosive device.

As a result of the explosion, a 13-year-old boy sustained injuries; he received medical treatment at the scene and was not hospitalized. That same evening, law enforcement officers located and detained the suspect near the scene of the incident and seized fragments of a hand-held fragmentation grenade for forensic analysis.

Source: Main Directorate of the National Police in the Odesa Region.

As a reminder, a grenade exploded in an apartment in Zhytomyr.

Earlier, in the town of Storozhynets, Chernivtsi Oblast, a man was detained after throwing a live grenade at police officers.

As a reminder, on the night of February 13, an explosion occurred on the grounds of a private residence in the city of Vynogradiv, Zakarpattia Oblast, where the family of an officer from the local police’s operational unit resides.