Tractor driver blows up on explosive in Kharkiv region

Tractor driver blows up on explosive in Kharkiv region

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In the Izium district of Kharkiv region, a man who was traveling to work in the village of Oleksandrivka on a tractor exploded on an unknown explosive device.

The press service of the Kharkiv regional police said this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

"On May 24, the Izium District Police Department received a report from a doctor that a man with a mine-blast injury had been taken to a medical facility," the report said.

According to the police, the 33-year-old man was driving a tractor to work in the village of Oleksandrivka, Izium district. On the road, he saw an unknown object that looked like a mine. When the man picked up the explosive device, it detonated.

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As Ukrinform reported, a 43-year-old man in the village of Ruski Tyshky in Kharkiv region exploded on a Butterfly mine in his own yard.

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