Two Ukrainian soldiers injured in landmine blast in Donbas

Two Ukrainian soldiers have been injured in Donbas as they stepped on a landmine planted by an enemy.

The injured were rushed to a hospital, where they were being provided with the necessary medical assistance. Currently, their state of health is satisfactory, the Skhid [East] Operational Tactical Grouping Command wrote on Facebook.

Read alsoDonbas truce: Ukraine reports enemy provocation on Sept 7The leadership of a brigade and military law enforcers are working on the scene. All the circumstances of the incident are being clarified.

Escalation in Donbas: latest

• On September 6, the situation in the zone of the Joint Forces Operation aggravated: a Ukrainian soldier was killed and another was wounded.
• On the morning of September 7, the bodies of two military were found, who had been deployed to put out steppe fires in Luhansk region.
• Another two soldiers were injured as a result of a mine blast of a military tanker truck.
• Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba initiated urgent talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov due to the aggravation in Donbas.