Three Ukrainian servicemen were injured in a landmine explosion in the village of Krasna Talivka in the Luhansk region, the press service of the Kyiv-appointed military-civilian administration for the Luhansk region has reported.

"A KrAZ vehicle carrying nine soldiers patrolling the territory near the border hit an unknown explosive device (a landmine) in the village of Krasna Talivka in the Stanytsia Luhanska district, which is located on the border with the Russian Federation, at around 6:30 p.m. on October 14. As a result, three servicemen of the 1st frontier post of the rapid response border guard commandant headquarters, based in Kharkiv, currently on an assignment at the Luhansk border guard unit, sustained injuries," the press service said.

The injured soldiers were admitted to the Bilovodsk district hospital.