At least 30 people have been left dead by a blast in the Zasyadko coal mine in Ukraine’s east, in an area controlled by rebels, according to media reports.More than 40 are thought to be trapped underground, Lentra.ru quotes a Donetsk People’s Republic official as saying.
According to Vladimir Tsymbalenko, who oversees technology in the self-proclaimed “People’s Republic”, has described the toll as “preliminary estimates”.The website of the “Republic”‘s administration has reported only one death, but more details are yet to emerge. There were 230 workers in the mine at the time of the “explosion”, the reasons for which are not …read more
Source: Novinite