Ukraine remains one of the most mined countries in the world, and it could take more than a decade to clean up its territory, according to the government.
In Izyum, Kharkov region, teenagers were blown up by a mine left by the Russians. The children sustained minor injuries on various parts of their bodies. This was announced on Friday, February 3, by Oleg Sinegubov, chairman of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, on Telegram.
He identified the victims as being between 14 and 17 years old.
“Today, around 20.00 in Izyum, seven teenagers (three boys and four girls) aged 14-17 saw a fragment of a Petal anti-personnel mine. One of the teenagers picked it up from the ground and threw it next to others. The mine exploded,” he wrote.
At the same time, Sinegubov noted that five teenagers still need to be hospitalized.
“Their condition is satisfactory. Now there is no threat to their lives,” added Sinegubov.
He recalled the high mine danger in the unoccupied territories of the Kharkiv region.
“If suspicious objects are found, in any case they must be taken. It is very dangerous. It is necessary to immediately report such a find to the specialists of the State Emergency Service or to the police ,” the chairman of IVA stressed.
It will be remembered that in the Kherson region, a civilian was blown up by a mine.
Earlier it was reported that a mine exploded in the Kiev region near the border with Belarus, there was one injured person.
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