Russian attack kills two workers from Danish non-profit agency clearing mines in Ukraine
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A photo posted on social media showing the supposed site of a rocket attack in Chernihiv that killed two people working with the Danish Refugee Council.
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- Russian rocket attack in northern Ukraine killed two Danish Refugee Council deminers on Sept 4.
- The attack occurred near Chernihiv, an area heavily mined and previously occupied by Russian forces.
- Governor Chaus stated Russia deliberately targeted the deminers and three others were wounded.
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KYIV – A Russian rocket attack on Sept 4 in northern Ukraine killed two people from non-profit agency Danish Refugee Council who were clearing mines in an area previously occupied by Moscow’s forces, the local Ukrainian governor said.
Experts say Ukraine is the most heavily mined country in the world, with teams of deminers across the north, south and east where Ukraine retook land captured by Russia at the start of its 2022 invasion.
On social media, Chernihiv regional governor Vyacheslav Chaus posted: “The Russians deliberately targeted workers from the Danish Refugee Council’s humanitarian demining mission... two people are known to have been killed.”
The strike hit near the outskirts of the regional capital of Chernihiv, 125km north of Kyiv.
“First, the Russians littered the area with explosives and mines. Now they are killing people, civilians who are risking their lives to clear our land,” Mr Chaus said.
Three more people were wounded in the attack, he added.
Russian forces surrounded the city at the start of the war, having invaded from Moscow’s ally Belarus, 50km away. AFP
