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Russia launched a large-scale attack against a coal mine in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on Oct. 19, trapping 192 employees underground, the Ukrainian energy company DTEK reported.
Evacuations of miners to the surface are ongoing, DKET said on social media.
The strike marks the fourth large-scale attack on DTEK coal enterprises over the past two months, the company said.
DTEK is the largest private energy company in Ukraine. Its facilities have been targeted in multiple Russian strikes, forcing production halts and disrupting residential heating supplies.
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