Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has provided UAH 500,000 of assistance to families of coalminers killed in the Stepova coalmine blast in Lviv region and UAH 75,000 to injured miners.

An Interfax-Ukraine correspondent has reported that the decision was made at a government meeting on Friday.

A total of UAH 5.05 million will be provided from the reserve fund of the national budget to Lviv Regional Administration.

As reported, the rock collapsed in a blast at the Stepova coalmine of the Lvivvuhillya company in the village of Hlukhiv, Sokal district, Lviv region in the afternoon on March 2. As many as 172 miners were worked in the coalmine at the time, eight of them died in the explosion.