November 23, 2009 the blast in arms depot in Ulyanovsk killed eight people, including two officers and six contract-soldiers. Two more servicemen got injured, however presently their health state is stable, ITAR TASS reports referring to the head of RF Defense Ministry press service Alexei Kuznetsov.

According to preliminary data, the explosion occurred when the ammunition was loaded into a truck.

On November 13, explosion in arms depot killed two in Ulyanovsk.