Director of agricultural company explodes on anti-personnel mine in Kharkiv region - SES
In the Izium district of Kharkiv region, the director of an agricultural company was hit by a Russian anti-personnel mine.
According to Censor.NET, this was reported on Facebook by the State Emergency Service in the Kharkiv region.
"On 12 October, at 14:20, rescuers received information about another explosion of a person on an explosive device. The incident occurred in the village of Yavirske on the road to the village of Vovchiy Yar. According to preliminary data, an enemy OZM-72 anti-personnel mine detonated. The director of one of the farms was injured," the statement said.
The man was reportedly hospitalised.
Pyrotechnics of the State Emergency Service and law enforcement officers were working at the scene. The final circumstances of the incident are being investigated.
The SES asks citizens to be as cautious as possible and always remember the high mine danger.
"Do not travel on unknown or untested dirt roads. Do not touch any suspicious or unfamiliar objects. Do not visit forests, forest belts, fields, river floodplains and other open spaces, especially those where there were battles or which were under enemy occupation," the rescuers said.
