Mine clearers drive over a mine in Kharkiv Oblast: 1 killed, 5 wounded

IRYNA BALACHUK — WEDNESDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2022, 17:13

On 26 October, a mine clearers’ car ran over a mine in the Izium District of Kharkiv Oblast, killing one person and injuring five others.

Source:  Oleg Syniehubov, Chairman of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, and Serhii Haidai, Head of Luhansk Oblast Military Administration on Telegram

Quote from Syniehubov: "In the Izium district, an enemy mine, presumably an anti-tank mine, was run over by a car of mine clearers of the State Emergency Service. Unfortunately, one person was killed and five were injured."

Details: According to Syniehubov, all the wounded have been hospitalised. Doctors consider the condition of three of the wounded as serious; two victims have moderate injuries.

Haidai said that a Luhansk explosive ordinance disposal technician was killed in Kharkiv Oblast. He added that another 10 sappers were injured.

Haidai added that these rescue workers had been engaged in examining access roads to local overhead power lines at the time.

Syniehubov stressed that the danger of mines in the region remains very high. He urged people to travel only on paved roads, where explosives have already been cleared.

Also, the chairman of the oblast military administration asks residents not to visit forests, forest belts, and fields and not to walk along roadsides.

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