An investigation is under way into the death of soldier of the 3rd special operations regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Roman Bocharov, who died from allegedly mishandling his weapon, speaker for the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Vladyslav Selezniov has said.

"Soldier Roman Bocharov died in the ATO zone on January 2. He died as a result of careless handling of weapons; this is not a combat loss. An internal investigation into the death has started," he told Interfax-Ukraine on Monday.