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Russian marines died in a sunken armored personnel carrier during exercises

A Russian marine died in an armored personnel carrier that sank during an exercise.

Interfax reported the death of a Marine during an exercise in the Baltic Fleet. This happened while the Marines were disembarking from the landing craft ashore. According to the source, after leaving the ship's twin deck, one of the armored personnel carriers did not reach the shore, but sank almost immediately. One of the servicemen was unable to get out of the combat vehicle and drowned.

The Military Investigation Department of the Baltic Fleet confirmed the death of a soldier at a test site in the Kaliningrad region. Details are not given, it is reported only that a criminal case.

Earlier, on the sixth of June, three former privates at exercises in the Leningrad Region were mistakenly fired from a tank. They demanded from the Ministry of Defense monetary compensation for moral damage and the "criminal negligence of commanders." The total amount requested by them is six million rubles.

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