“At the moment, we have already recorded 38 cases when people were blown up by anti-personnel mines “Petal”, two of them are children.

Unfortunately, the 12-year-old boy was blown up on the “petal” today, he is in serious condition in the hospital, ”TASS quotes him.

According to Basurin, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been throwing mines since morning in the village of Zaitsevo and near the Donetsk airport.

“In total, there have already been six arrivals of missiles fired from the Uragan MLRS filled with these anti-personnel mines today,” he said.

Earlier it was reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine dropped anti-personnel mines "Petal" near the railway station of Donetsk.