UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Jul 12 — In Chuhuiv district, Kharkiv region, a Russian mine explosion injured three people, reported Kharkiv Regional Military Administration.

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. About 1.2 million hectares are considered to be contaminated. 

The incident occurred in the village of Starytsia in the Chuhuiv district. The explosion injured three civilians, including men aged 18 and 63 and a woman aged 43.

The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office reported that on July 7, a car hit a Russian mine near the village of Tsyrkuny in the Kharkiv region, killing at least four people, including a child.

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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  • On the morning of June 24, a car hit a Russian anti-tank mine in the village of Slobozhanske in the Lyptsi community in the Kharkiv region. Two people were in the car, reported Oleh Syniehubov, Kharkiv Oblast Governor. They were killed in an explosion.