Dozens were feared dead or injured and at least 50 miners remained trapped underground after an explosion ripped through a coal mine in the war-torn eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk Wednesday morning.
Around 230 miners were working in the Zasyadko mine in separatist-controlled Donetsk when the explosion occurred, according to Deutsche-Welle. Mine officials told Reuters the explosion was not linked to fighting in the region. Despite a number of cease-fire attempts, an estimated 6,000 civilians and soldiers have died since fighting broke out between Russia-backed rebels and Ukrainian government troops last April, including 1,000 over the past three months, according to …read more
Source: Newsweek
