Two boys blew themselves up with ammunition in the Mykolaiv region

On April 26, two boys blew themselves up with ammunition in the Mykolaiv Oblast / Illustrative photo

In the afternoon, on April 26, two young men blew themselves up with ammunition in the Horokhivka community of the Bashtanka district of the Mykolaiv region.

This was reported by the State Emergency Service.

According to the rescuers, the explosive object detonated when the boys moved it from its place. The event took place in a field outside the village. The injured young men born in 2004 and 2005 were hospitalized, they are provided with the necessary assistance.

The State Emergency Service stressed that if you find an object that looks like an explosive or suspicious object from the outside, you should not approach or touch it. You need to move to a safe distance by the same way you came as far as possible and report the find to 101 or 102, indicating its location.

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It is also necessary to warn about the danger of people nearby. In the de-occupied territories and those that were in the zone of active hostilities, one should be extremely careful.

«Remember that you can't pick up, roll, move, throw into a fire, dangerous finds — it's dangerous and carries the threat of injury, maiming, or even death,» the rescuers emphasized.

It will be recalled that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia, more than 887 Ukrainians have suffered as a result of detonations of explosive objects left in Ukraine by the Russians.

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 landmines. 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 Mykolaiv 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.

On April 22, 2022, in the town of Snihurivka, near the former mineral water plant, an anti-personnel mine blew up two residents of the community.

In the city of Snihurivka, on September 20, 2023, a car carrying two men was blown up by a mine. One of them died on the spot, the second man was hospitalized.

On October 11, 2023, a mine exploded in a field near the town of Snigurivka. 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 Yevgenivka in the Mykolaiv region.

On March 5, 2024, a 38-year-old man blew himself up in the village of Bezimenne, Snihurivka community, Bashtanka district.

In addition, in the Snihurivka region, the pyrotechnic group of the State Emergency Service demined the area where a cow was detonated on an explosive device.