Man injured after stepping on mine in Kharkiv region

Man injured after stepping on mine in Kharkiv region

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In the Kharkiv region, a 64-year-old man stepped on an anti-personnel mine while fishing. He was hospitalized in serious condition.

According to Ukrinform, the State Emergency Service reported this on Facebook.

The incident occurred today on the shore of a reservoir near the village of Martove, Chuhuiv district. According to preliminary data, a 64-year-old man stepped on an anti-personnel mine while fishing.

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He was hospitalized in serious condition with multiple shrapnel wounds to his right leg.

As reported by Ukrinform, the driver was injured after his tractor hit a mine in a field near the village of Maksyma Horkoho in the Kherson region.

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