Two Ukrainian soldiers have been wounded during a landmine clearance operation / Photo from the ATO press center
Two landmine removal experts were injured in an explosion of a landmine near the Ukrainian-controlled city of Mariupol on Thursday evening, according to the Information Resistance Group, with reference to the media and local volunteers.
"Two deminers were blown up by a landmine. The Mariupol hospital asks everyone to donate blood for the wounded," a local news portal wrote.
"We hope that the citizens of Mariupol will not remain indifferent and help the guys, who protect our city, to survive," the doctors say.
According to later reports, one of the two soldiers died in a hospital. The other, with shrapnel wounds, is in serious condition, Mariupol's local news portal 0629.com.ua wrote.