The Moscow-appointed head of the occupation administration of this Ukrainian region, Leonid Pasečnik, said that technicians are trying to repair the damage and thus restore the mine’s electricity supply. According to him, the rescuers are in contact with the miners, the Reuters news agency reported.
All miners have access to drinking water and air circulation is ensured. The regional administration later reported that all 41 miners had already been lifted “to a safe height”.
“The miners of the Biloričensky mine have been lifted to a safe height. We are maintaining communication with them, air supply to the mine is ensured,” reads the report according to the Russian news agency TASS.
Three dead after the Russian attack in Odessa
At least three people, including a child, died on Monday night during the Russian attack on Odessa. A young mother with her two-year-old daughter and another, a 53-year-old woman, died in the rubble of a house hit by a Russian drone.
Another at least 16 people were injured, Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa regional military administration, reported on Telegram. “Eleven of them were hospitalized, including a pregnant woman and two children. The youngest is not even a year old,” added Kiper.
Photo: Nina Liashonok, Reuters
A house in Odessa hit by Russian shelling
According to him, the victims have shrapnel wounds, burns or were poisoned by fumes. Some are in serious condition, said Kiper.
The million-dollar port of Odessa on the Black Sea coast, through which most of Ukraine’s exports pass, is regularly the target of Russian attacks.
On Monday, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on the Telegram network that during the night of Monday, Russian forces intercepted and destroyed 50 Ukrainian drones, among others, over Belgorod, Bryansk and Rostov regions, as well as over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas. The ministry did not provide any information about the damage.
Ukraine also faced drone attacks. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that it had recorded 26 drone attacks in 17 places, and debris from downed drones had fallen in another 13 places.
