Tractor driver injured in Kharkiv region after hitting Russian mine

This is reported by the press service of the Main Department of the State Emergency Service in the Kharkiv region.

"On August 21, we received information about another fact of agricultural machinery being hit by an enemy mine. The incident occurred around 10:00 a.m. in the village of Shestakove, Chuhuiv district, Kharkiv region. A 51-year-old tractor driver sustained a mine-blast injury while working in the field, probably hitting an anti-tank mine," the statement says. 

The victim was hospitalized in moderate condition.

People are advised not to visit the forests, to travel only on public roads and not to pick up unknown objects.

• On the afternoon of August 21, the Russian army dropped an explosive object from a drone on a resident of Zolota Balka, Kherson region, injuring the man.