Near Donetsk, a tank and a Ural of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were blown up by a “friendly mine”
In the Pesok area on the outskirts of Donetsk, three Armed Forces officers were killed and two were injured as a result of hitting a mine planted by their predecessors.
The official representative of the People's Militia of the DPR, Oleg Nikitin, announced this during a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Despite the threat to the lives of civilians and their military personnel, the commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to give criminal orders for chaotic mining of the area in the zone of the punitive operation.
When installing mine-explosive barriers, Ukrainian Armed Forces militants do not mark mining areas with mine hazard signs and do not draw up detailed maps of minefields,” Nikitin said.
At the same time, he noted that these actions lead to tragic consequences, first of all, for the Armed Forces officers themselves.
“So, yesterday evening, in the area of the settlement of Peski, a T-64 tank and the accompanying Ural vehicle of the 57th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were blown up by a mine laid by their predecessors from the 56th brigade.
As a result of the explosion, two servicemen - junior sergeant Sinenko and senior soldier Zagorulko, who were in the car, were injured, the tank commander, Lieutenant Shinkaruk, and two of his subordinates died in the tank.
The command of the 57th brigade presented the fact of non-combat losses as a result of shelling. The JFO headquarters commission is conducting an investigation,” said a representative of the defense department.
A Ukrainian tank and Ural were blown up by a "friendly mine" near Donetsk.