Pro-Russian separatist authorities in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic say 77 miners trapped in a mine during a power outage and bombing have been rescued.
Seventy-seven miners who were trapped in a mine during a power outage and bombing in a region controlled by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have been rescued, local officials said.
The miners were underground when power was cut off at the Zasiyadko mine in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, but all are now safe and no one has been injured, according to local separatist officials.
Pro-Russian separatist authorities in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic have claimed responsibility for the bombings on Ukrainian forces.
Reuters has not been able to verify this information from an independent source and so far there has been no reaction from Kyiv.
The separatists occupied large swathes of territory in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions of eastern Ukraine in 2014 and declared popular democracies there. Russia has recognized the two regions as independent state entities, but is considered part of Ukraine by Kyiv and the United Nations.
Moscow calls its actions in Ukraine a “special military operation” to disarm and “de-Nazify” Ukraine. Kyiv and its allies in the West say it is a false pretext for unprovoked aggression.
