Bus hits mine in Donetsk Region killing 4 civilians

March 25, around 7:00 p.m. bus on the route Artemivsk-Horlivka hit a mine near Artemivsk resulting in 4 persons killed, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Donetsk Region Ilya Kiva reports on his Facebook page.

Passenger bus with civilians hit a roadside mine near Artemivsk, Donetsk Oblast. Immediately afterwards, ‘DPR’ gunmen opened mortar fire on the bus with passengers – Artemivsk residents.

In the result, 4 innocent civilians were killed and 19 wounded.

19 persons with injuries of various severity were transported to hospital in Artemivsk.

Ievgen Reznik EMPR

EMPR, Aleksandra Demskaya contributed to this publication