Evacuations from railway stations and markets underway in several cities of Ukraine due to reports of mining

UKRAINIAN PRAVDA – THURSDAY, 4 AUGUST 2022, 13:36

There are reports that railway stations and markets have been mined in the cities of Ternopil, Vinnytsia, Rivne, Cherkassy, Khmelnytskyi and Kropyvnytskyi.

Source: Serhii Nadal, Mayor of Ternopil, on Telegram; Rivne city police on Facebook; Vinbazar, with reference to a statement by Vinnytsia police; Cherkasy police on Facebook; journalist Andrii Tsaplienko on Telegram 

Details: In Ternopil, bomb disposal units are looking for explosives on the premises of the railway station and the Central department store. People have been evacuated.

"There is information about a possible provocation and planted explosives," the city's mayor said.

In Rivne, the police are checking information regarding the mining of several railway facilities, a bus station and the street near the food market. According to the media, there are reports of mines in the central market in Vinnytsia. The railway and western bus stations are being searched for explosives.

According to media reports, law enforcement officers in Khmelnytsky have also received reports of explosives at the bus station, vegetable market, and railway station. 

In Kropyvnytskyi, bomb disposal experts are looking for explosives at the Central bus station.

In Cherkasy, bomb disposal teams are following up on information regarding the mining of the railway station, the bus station and the post office on Khomenka Street.

Update: Information about mining in Ternopil has not been confirmed.

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