Casualties reported, 15 wounded, as bus with miners shelled in southeast Ukraine

LUHANSK, July 11. /ITAR-TASS/. A bus with miners came under artillery gun fire in Ukraine’s south-eastern Luhansk region, 15 people were wounded. Several casualties were reported, the press service of Donbass fuel and energy company reported on Friday. “A bus trafficking miners of Donbass fuel and energy company’s Chervonopartizanskaya coalmine to their workplace came under mortar and artillery gun fire at around 5.40pm local time (6.40pm Moscow time) on Thursday, July 10. The company’s personnel offers condolences to families of those killed,” the press service said. Donbass fuel and energy company is one of largest energy companies in Ukraine. It is incorporated in financial and industrial group System Capital Management in which Ukrainian business tycoon Rinat Akhmetov is its shareholder. As many as 140 thousand people work in the company. Related news on itar-tass.com