Car explodes on mine in Chernihiv region - casualties reported, two children hospitalized

Car explodes on mine in Chernihiv region - casualties reported, two children hospitalized

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A car with four passengers exploded on a mine on a forest road in the Chernihiv region: adults were killed, two children are in hospital.

This was reported by the police of Chernihiv region on Facebook, according to Ukrinform. 

"Yesterday, August 28, at about 7 p.m., the police received a report that a civilian car had exploded in the Chernihiv district. The explosion killed a man and a woman, two children are currently hospitalized," the statement said.

According to the police, it has been preliminarily established that the car hit a mine on a forest road. As a result of the explosion, the car caught fire. The driver and passenger were killed, and two young children were injured.

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According to law enforcement officials, the car was driven by an employee of the Patrol Police Office in the Chernihiv region of the Patrol Police Department. 

As reported, a man exploded an anti-personnel mine in the Kharkiv region.

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