Combine harvester and tractor blow up on mines in Kharkiv Oblast, one driver killed

A tractor driver was killed and a combine harvester operator was wounded after their equipment ran over mines and exploded in the Bohodukhiv and Chuhuiv districts of Kharkiv Oblast.

Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Quote from Syniehubov: "Mines continue to pose a grave threat throughout Kharkiv Oblast. Yesterday, a combine harvester ran over a mine in a field near the village of Oleksandrivka in the Bohodukhiv district. A 37-year-old operator was hospitalised with injuries. A tractor blew up on a mine near the village of Hrakove in the Chuhuiv district. Unfortunately, the 45-year-old driver was killed."

Details: Syniehubov urged residents of the oblast to be as careful and cautious as possible.

He added that specialists in explosives disposal and demining are continuing to clear the territories liberated from Russian occupation of mines.

The specialists of the State Emergency Service have defused 754 explosive devices over the course of the past 24 hours alone.

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