Three emergency services workers killed while demining around Kherson

Three Ukrainian emergency services workers were killed on Saturday when a mine exploded while they were demining parts of the Kherson region, according to the emergency service in which they served.

“All three selflessly served … and performed the task of demining territories liberated from the enemy in the Kherson region,” the Zhytomyr emergency service said on its Facebook page.

Russia, which invaded Ukraine 10 months ago, occupies most but not all of Kherson region. Ukrainian forces retook Kherson city – the region’s administrative centre – and a number of settlements in the region in mid-November, Qazet.az reports according to Guardian.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Russian forces had heavily mined buildings when they withdrew and explosives experts have been working to clear the area of dangerous devices.