Four civilians were injured by mines in a single day in Kherson region
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Four civilians sustained severe injuries after triggering explosive devices in the Kherson region on March 26.
They were hospitalized, Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of the Kherson regional military administration, says.
"There were four instances of civilians triggering explosive devices today.
The latest of these incidents took place near the village of Kostyrka in the Vysokopillia district. A man was inspecting a field and triggered a mine laid by the russians.
Today's tragic toll: four severely injured civilians have been hospitalised."
He urged the residents to refrain from visiting forests, forest strips, fields, and riverbanks that have not yet been inspected by sappers. These territories are potentially mined and dangerous.
A 25-year-old civilian was injured with an anti-personnel mine Lepestok left by the russians in the Velyka Oleksandrivka community of the Kherson region.
In the Kherson region, National Police explosives officers examined 4.1 hectares of territory, recovered 70 explosive objects, destroyed 30. State Emergency Service pyrotechnicians examined 3 hectares of territory, recovered and neutralized 58 explosive objects.
