Mayorske checkpoint suspended over bomb found in nearby area – State Border Guard Service
The functioning of the Mayorske checkpoint in Donetsk region again suspended on Sunday after finding an unexploded bomb nearby, the State Border Guard Service has reported.
"Around 12.10, the Emergencies Service's demining team, 150 meters from the Mayorske checkpoint, found an unexploded 120-mm artillery mine near the roadside. To ensure the safety of civilians crossing the contact line and the personnel of the State Border Guard Service, who services the checkpoint, the head of the State Border Guard Service, in consultation with the commander of the Joint Forces, temporarily suspended the passage through the contact line," the State Border Guard Service said on its Facebook page.
Civilians and control personnel are sent to a safe place. At present, the mine action team of the State Emergencies Service is taking steps to remove the mine.
Advertising
Advertising
MORE ABOUT
Presence of military registration document for men 18-60 years old at checkpoints to be checked from May 18
19:46, 16.05.2024
Ukrainian-Polish border unlocked, talks on cooperation in agricultural sector to continue in summer
13:55, 29.04.2024
Zelenskyy following HQ results: Decisive actions by allies to protect Israel are also possible in protecting Ukraine from Russian terror
19:12, 15.04.2024
URCS helps residents of border zone in Sumy region
17:46, 10.04.2024
Emergency Service: Bodies of two more victims – a woman and 13-year-old boy – taken out at airstrike site in Kostiantynivka
11:52, 10.04.2024
LATEST
One dead, five injured as a result of enemy shelling in Vovchansk community - prosecutor's office
16:57, 18.05.2024
Traffic resumed near Ocean Plaza shopping center in Kyiv after damage to heating network – city administration
16:43, 18.05.2024
Reintegration Ministry on 80th anniversary of Crimean Tatars deportation: Russia follows this criminal practice
16:21, 18.05.2024
Air defense shot down enemy missile over Kryvy Rih district – regional administration head