Ten Ukrainian servicemen injured in armored vehicle blast in Donbas

Ten Ukrainian servicemen were injured in an explosion as an armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces hit a mine in the town of Avdiivka, Donetsk region, in the morning of June 9, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office has reported.

"Under the supervision of the Krasnoarmiisk prosecutor's office, a pretrial investigation has been launched into a military vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces hitting an explosive device, with ten servicemen sustaining mine-blast injuries," the report said.

According to the pretrial investigation, while moving near Avdiivka Coke Plant's Culture Palace, the Spartan armored personnel carrier, the last vehicle in a Ukrainian Armed Forces convoy, hit an unidentified explosive device at about 09:30 on June 9.

The injured servicemen were given first aid.

Criminal proceedings have been instituted under Part 2 of Article 258 (a terrorist attack) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The pretrial investigation is ongoing.

Photo credit: Prosecutor General's Office