Tractor driver in Ukraine killed by landmine
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(The Scottish Farmer) Sadly, the Ukrainian authorities have now announced the first tractor driver to die after hitting one of these concealed explosives.
According to the Ukrainian Agrarian Council, a tractor driver in the Chernihiv region died after his machine triggered a mine, which inflicted serious injuries.
Also, in the Kyiv region, a tractor driver was taken to hospital with polytrauma after he, too, hit a device that exploded under the tractor. The next day, another tractor driver was blown up by a Russian mine when he drove into a field. Sappers who travelled to the scene found another unexploded device under the tractor.
