Explosions hit major military warehouse in central Ukraine

A series of explosions ripped through a major military warehouse in Ukraine's central Vinnytsya region on Tuesday, forcing mass evacuation and disrupting traffic, authorities said.

According to the Interior Ministry, the blasts ripped through the arms storage facility near the town of Kalynivka, some 250 km southwest of capital Kiev, at about 9:50 p.m. local time (GMT 1850), forcing the evacuation of residents in the town and the surrounding villages.

According to local media, the warehouse near Kalynivka contains about 188,000 tons of army ammunition.

There were no immediate reports of casualties in the blasts.

The explosions marked a third similar incident in Ukraine this year. The other two blasts happended in March and Sept. separately, also in ammunition depots in Donetsk region and Kharkov region.

(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)