OSCE SMM: Truck with civilians hits anti-tank mine near occupied Horlivka

A truck with local residents on June 12 hit an anti-tank mine near the village of Bairak on the outskirts of the town of Horlivka occupied by military forces of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic ("DPR"), resulting in two injured civilians, according to a report released by OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine on June 17.

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"The SMM spoke with a woman (55 years old) who said she had been injured when the truck in which she had been travelling hit a mine at about 19:30 on June 12 near the settlement of Bairak, east of 'DPR'-controlled Horlivka (39km north-east of Donetsk)," the report said.

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An emergency service employee in Horlivka told the SMM that the couple's truck had struck an anti-tank mine.

As UNIAN reported earlier, the OSCE SMM confirmed that 47 civilians were killed and another 222 were injured from January 1 to June 15, 2017. 

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