Russian attack on mine in Donetsk Oblast kills two women, one injured

Russian troops shelled a mine in Donetsk Oblast. Two miners were killed and another person was injured, the Ukrainian Energy Ministry announced on September 22.

According to the Energy Ministry, the shelling caused a fire in the area above the mine, leading to the evacuation of 371 miners who were underground at the time of the attack.

After the attack, two workers were found dead during an inspection of the mine site. Another person was taken to hospital.

The Energy Ministry did not provide information on where or when the attack took place, but Donetsk Region Governor Vadym Filashkin reported early on the morning of September 22 that two people had been killed and one person had been injured in Udachne the previous day.

Udachne, a village 12 kilometers west of Pokrovsk, is the site of one of the largest coal mines in Ukraine.

Russian attacks on the coal-rich Ukrainian region of Donbass regularly put miners in danger.

In an attack in July, a mine in Donetsk Oblast where 86 miners were working caught fire. The Energy Ministry reported no casualties after the fire was extinguished.

In early September, 151 miners were underground in a mine in Dobropillia, a town 20 kilometers north of Pokrovsk, when a Russian attack caused a power outage.