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In Izyum, seven teenagers were blown up by a mine
Ukraine remains one of the most mined countries in the world, and it could take more than a decade to clear its territory, according to the government.
In Izyum, Kharkov region, teenagers were blown up by a mine left by the Russians. The children received minor shrapnel wounds in various parts of the body. This was announced on Friday, February 3, by Oleg Sinegubov, chairman of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, on Telegram.
He specified that the victims were between 14 and 17 years old.
“Today, around 20.00 in Izyum, seven teenagers (three boys and four girls) aged 14-17 found a fragment of the Petal anti-personnel mine. One of the teenagers picked it up from the ground and threw it next to the others. The mine detonated,” he wrote.
At the same time, Sinegubov noted that five teenagers still had to be hospitalized.
“Their condition is satisfactory. Now there is no threat to their lives,” Sinegubov added.
He recalled the high mine danger in the de-occupied territories of the Kharkiv region.
“If suspicious objects are found, in no case should they be picked up. This is very dangerous. It is necessary to immediately report such a find to the specialists of the State Emergency Service or the police,” the chairman of the IVA stressed.
Recall 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 is a wounded man.
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