A car carrying officials exploded on a mine near Belgorod, Russia

A car carrying officials was blown up by a landmine in Russia's Belgorod Region, which borders Ukraine. This was reported by the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petro Andryushchenko, on 14 December.

The incident was also confirmed by the Governor of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation.

Whose mine it was in the end is already clear. Russian anti-tank mine, so that our DRGs did not pass. Successful mining, - said Andryushchenko.

He also published a photo of the car in which officials in the Krasnoyaruzha district of the Russian Federation blew themselves up on a mine.

As a result of the explosion, the deputy head of the Krasnoyaruzhsk administration Igor Borodaenko had his legs torn off. He is in intensive care in serious condition.

Galina Pashchenko, head of the Vyazovskoye rural settlement administration, suffered a mine blast injury and a soft tissue laceration to the head.

The third passenger sustained a concussion and closed trauma to the chest and abdominal cavity.