On Thursday, 21 year-old Ukrainian National Guard Artemiy Ryabchuk was shot and killed 4 fellow soldiers and 1 civilian personnel at PA Pivdenmash State Aerospace Plant in Ukraine’s city of Dnipro at around 03:40 AM local time and then fled the scene. After fled to the mountainous areas in the city of Dnipro, Ryabchuk was caught with an operation carried out by the Dnipro Police Department. According to the Ukrainian press, it was claimed that the soldier was accused of spying by his friends and after that he killed his fellow soldier as a result of his insanity. The moments of Ryabchuk was caught recorded by the police camera moment by moment. Meanwhile, Ryabchuk’s relaxed attitude in the camera footage attracted attention.
“I obtained the weapons from the special compartments where we keep them. The chests for the weapons were not locked and I had easy access. I loaded 10 rounds into the magazine and killed the manager and assistant manager there first. I also killed a woman on duty who was standing there and was sending a status report every half hour, so that she could not communicate with others. Then I went to get ammunition. I went to the exit gate to leave the factory,” Ryabchuk said in his first statement.
Ryabchuk said that he then headed for the exit door and asked the woman in charge to open the door. But after she didn’t open the door, Ryabchuk said he shot her in the head. “I looked for another way out of there and found a place to jump out and got out. I hit the road, stopped one of the vehicles and asked the passenger to drop me off at an area. Then I stayed in an abandoned place in the mountains” Ryabchuk said.