It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the statement of the department.

“At 19:15, as a result of another shelling of the VFU, the Chelyuskintsev mine and the second western vent shaft of the Skochinsky mine were de-energized,” the report says.

It is specified that, according to preliminary information, 30 people are underground in the Chelyuskintsev mine, at the same time, 42 miners worked in the Skochinsky mine during a power outage.

It is noted that there are no victims, the miners will be brought to the surface.

Earlier, the DPR announced the shelling of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops.