The Russian forces have attacked a coal mine operated by Ukraine’s largest private energy company, DTEK, in the Dnipropetrovsk region overnight, trapping nearly 200 miners underground, the company said Sunday. The miners were later rescued.

The Kyiv Independent quoted the company as saying: “All 192 miners have been safely evacuated to the surface, the energy company DTEK announced on October 19. No workers were injured."

Earlier in the day, DTEK shared a statement on X: “On the eve of the heating season, the enemy once again struck Ukraine’s energy sector. During the attack, 192 employees were underground. The evacuation of our colleagues to the surface continues."

Kyiv Post quoted the company as stating that the strike marks the fourth Russian attack on its coal facilities in the past

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