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Saboteurs blew up arms warehouse - Ukraine military

More than 10,000 people have been killed in the conflict between Ukraine and the separatist rebels since 2014.

FILE: A tank from the Ukrainian Forces is stationed outside a building in the flashpoint eastern town of Avdiivka. Picture: AFP

KIEV The Ukrainian military said unknown saboteurs blew up a warehouse storing tank ammunition at a military base in the east of the country early on Thursday, but nobody was hurt.

The base, which contained about 138,000 tonnes of ammunition, is located in the city of Balakleya about 100km from the frontline of Ukraines war against Russian-backed separatists.

Rescue teams were evacuating nearby villages in the eastern Kharkiv region, the military said.

According to preliminary data ... as a result of sabotage, last night at 2.46am, fire and explosions caused the detonation of ammunition at several sites storing rockets and artillery weapons, Ukraines chief military prosecutor Anatoly Matios wrote on Facebook.

Military spokesperson Oleksander Motuzyanyk said security around other bases was being beefed up. Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman was due to fly to the area later on Thursday.

Saboteurs previously tried to destroy the same base using drones in 2015, another military spokesperson, Yuzef Venskovich, told the 112 TV channel.

More than 10,000 people have been killed in the conflict between Ukraine and the separatist rebels since 2014.

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