KIEV, Aug. 19 - Two Ukrainian coal miners were killed after a gallery collapsed at the Stakhanov coalmine in the Donetsk region late Thursday, the Emergency Situations Ministry reported on Friday.
The accident, which occurred at the depth of 825 meters below the surface, is the latest in a chain of deadly accidents at the Ukrainian coalmine sector over the past three weeks.
“The gallery collapse has taken place, killing two coal miners,” the ministry said. “Their bodies are being extracted to the surface.”
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