In the military unit of the Ukrainian Navy in Crimea, a launching device and two canisters with missiles for the portable anti-aircraft missile system "Strela 3M" have disappeared. \n \nSuch missiles, due to their compactness, can shoot down helicopters or aircraft. \n \nOn February 22, at about 4 a.m., a sentry of the paramilitary guard of one of the Ukrainian Navy military units stationed near the village of Chornomorske in Crimea noticed two unknown persons on the territory of the warehouses who were trying to penetrate one of the storage facilities. \n \nThe unknown persons did not comply with the sentry's demand to stop and, throwing down locksmith tools, fled. During inspection of the storage facilities, the sentry discovered a torn seal on the gates of one storage facility and the absence of a lock on another storage facility. \n \nThe sentry immediately called the guard commander and the unit command. To promptly search for the unknown persons who attempted to penetrate the storage facility, the unit commander immediately notified the local internal affairs bodies and the Security Service of Ukraine. \n \nAccording to the press service department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, to verify the presence of property and weapons in the storage facility where the lock was torn off, the unit commander conducted an inventory, as a result of which the absence of a launching device and two canisters with missiles for the portable anti-aircraft missile system "Strela 3M" was discovered. \n \nAn investigation is being conducted into this fact, and verification and inventory of other storage facilities on the territory of this military unit is also being carried out. A commission headed by Deputy Commander of the Ukrainian Navy Colonel Ihor Matviienko is working at the scene. \n\nIn addition, to clarify the circumstances of the incident and organize interaction with representatives of the SBU, prosecutor's office and police, an operational group of the military department headed by the head of the directorate of the service of troops of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major General Usman Urazov, departed for the village of Chornomorske. \n