Family Killed in Land Mine Explosion; Homes in Avdeyevka Damaged in Attack by Russia-Backed Forces

April 11, 2018
Vehicle and bodies of a family of four killed in land mine explosion near the line of contact.

Ukraine Day 1513: LIVE UPDATES BELOW. A family of four declared missing yesterday were found to have been killed when their vehicle went over a land mine.

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Family Killed in Land Mine Explosion; Homes in Avdeyevka Damaged in Attack by Russia-Backed Forces

Shed in Avdeyevka damaged April 11 by Russia-backed shelling. 

The four civilians declared missing yesterday, April 10 were found dead by their vehicle, which had run over a land mine.

According to a report from the Ukrainian National Police on their web site, on the line of contact near the village of Peschanoye in the Stanitsa-Lugansky Region, the family of four died in the explosion. The parents were both age 57, and their son and his common-law wife were both age 38. The remains of their Chevrolet Niva was found near the Seversky Donets River.

The private sector of “old” Avdeyevka was shelled overnight April 10-11, causing damage to a number of homes and a shed on Lermontova and Levanevskogo Streets., Liga.net reported, citing Pavlo Zhebrivskiy

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Home damaged April in Avdeyevka

— Catherine A. Fitzpatrick