2 men killed by Russian mine in Kyiv Oblast field

Olena Roshchyna – Thursday, 19 May 2022, 07:29

Two men have been killed by an anti-personnel mine Russian troops had laid in a field in Bucha Raion [district] of Kyiv Oblast [region].

Source: Kyiv Oblast Police

Details: Two men, aged 52 and 48, were killed by an OZM-72 anti-personnel mine planted by the Russian occupiers in a field between the villages of Lypivka and Korolivka.

The men were taken to hospital in Makariv with multiple injuries.

Bucha District police have opened a pre-trial investigation into the incident.

Law enforcement officers are urging local residents to avoid forest and field roads in the liberated territories of Ukraine and to call 102 [National Police of Ukraine emergency response line] as soon as they come across any suspicious objects.