UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Aug 5 — Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, mine explosions have affected 328 people in the Kharkiv region, reported the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service (SES) of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region.

Kharkiv Oblast is one of the most heavily mined regions. More than 570,000 hectares of land in the Kharkiv region need to be inspected for mines and explosive devices after the Russian occupation. 

SES reported that the mine explosions killed 91 people and injured 237 in the Kharkiv region.

On July 30, in the village of Kucherivka, Kupiansk district, the body of a 61-year-old man with traces of explosive trauma was found in a garage.

On the same day, in the village of Mala Komyshuvakha, Izium district, a VAZ 2106 car with the body of a 61-year-old man inside was found. According to Syniehubov, governor of the Kharkiv Oblast, the man sustained injuries due to an explosion of an unknown type of mine.

Since the start of the full-scale war, pyrotechnic units of Ukraine’s State Emergency Service have inspected about 7,000 hectares of the Kharkiv region and found and defused more than 94,000 explosive devices.

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