Explosive technicians destroyed a Russian rocket found in a field in the Mykolaiv region, which contained 300 kg of explosives

In the Mykolaiv Oblast, police bomb squads destroyed the warhead of a Russian rocket containing 300 kilograms of explosives.

The cruise missile was shot down by air defense fighters while repelling one of the missile attacks. Not long after, residents of one of the settlements in the region found her in a field, the Mykolaiv region Police reported.

Arriving at the site, explosives technicians found that the warhead of the Russian Kh-59 missile had not detonated. During the fall, it fell into fragments and did not explode. The air rocket contained almost 300 kilograms of explosives.

It is noted that the warhead of the enemy missile was destroyed by detonation.

The police urged in case of discovery of any suspicious objects not to touch them, but to immediately call the police at number 102 or the rescuers at number 101.

How many Ukrainians were affected by mines?

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, over two years, 610 people were injured, 277 were killed during the detonation of mines and other explosive objects. 14 children were among those killed by mines. Most of the victims were in the Mykolaiv, Kherson and Kharkiv regions.

Last year, 2023, 17 people, including one child, died in the Mykolaiv Oblast due to the detonation of ammunition. According to the calculations of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (ESES), there were a total of 57 cases of detonation of the civilian population by landmines last year.

On November 24, 2022, a case of mine detonation was recorded in the de-occupied Snihurivka community in the Mykolayiv region. Employees of the State Emergency Service were killed and wounded.

On December 15, 2022, a man found two anti-personnel mines left behind by the Russian military in one of the villages of Snihurivka region. The shells were detonated. A 26-year-old man died on the spot. Subsequently, on April 22, 2022, in the town of Snihurivka, near the former mineral water plant, two residents of the community were blown up by an anti-personnel mine.

On September 20, 2023, a car carrying two men was blown up by a mine in Snihurivka. One of them died on the spot, the second man was hospitalized. Later, on October 11, a combine exploded on a mine in a field near the town of Snihurivka. The driver was injured as a result of the explosion and is in the hospital.

Also, on February 1, 2024, four people were detonated by a mine near the village of Yevhenivka in the Mykolaiv region. On March 5, 2024, a 38-year-old man blew himself up in the village of Bezimenne of the Snihurivka community of the Bashtanka district.

We would like to remind you that on March 12, 2024, an interactive safety class was opened at the base of the Department of Emergency Situations in the Mykolaiv region, where children will be taught the rules of handling explosive objects.

Earlier, in August 2023, Mykolaiv rescuers created a mobile class on mine safety, which works in various settlements of the region. It was created to minimize risks and reach as many residents of the region as possible, especially in the de-occupied territories or in settlements where active hostilities were taking place.