(Reuters) – One person was killed and four others hurt in an explosion near a military conscription office in Ukraine’s western Khmelnytskyi region on Wednesday, the Suspilne national broadcaster cited the police as saying.
The attack was the latest in a spate of violent incidents aimed at draft offices or conscription officers in recent days, including a fatal shooting and two explosions.
Ukraine’s national police confirmed that there was an explosion near a draft office in the western town of Kamianets-Podilskyi. Its statement on the Telegram messaging app gave no additional details or mention casualties.
It was not immediately clear what had caused the blast.
Ukraine’s army chief on Monday condemned a spate of violent attacks on draft officers, which have piled pressure on an already troubled national campaign to draft civilians grappling with faltering enthusiasm for military service.
(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa; Editing by Tom Balmforth)
