“3 mines of the SUE DPR “Donetsk Coal Energy Company” have been de-energized.
According to operational information, there are 30 people underground at the Skochinsky mine, seven at the Abakumov mine, and four miners at the Lidievka mine, ”the department said in a statement.
There were no casualties, the miners will be raised to the surface in accordance with the plan for the elimination of such accidents.
Earlier it became known about the death of 13 employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Donetsk People's Republic in the line of duty as a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Rubtsy.
Also, the Ukrainian military shelled the Kyiv region of Donetsk with 155 mm shells.
A total of five rounds were fired.