A tranquil resident became the focus of a deadly incident in the Kharkiv region when a vehicle struck an anti-tank mine. The woman survived but sustained serious injuries. This account comes via TASS through Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko, a former commander with the LPR People’s Militia, who asserted that the blast originated from an anti-tank device placed by Ukrainian forces. The report frames the event within the broader context of ongoing combat operations and checkpoints in the area.
The blast occurred near the village of Kislovka. Marochko said the woman was driving toward a Ukrainian checkpoint in the direction of a military convoy. He described a moment when the driver moved to the side of a dirt road to yield passage to the convoy, after which the car inadvertently struck an anti-tank mine and exploded. According to his briefing, Russian intelligence corroborated the presence of an improvised explosive device along the roadway that targeted a civilian vehicle traveling near a military formation.
Marochko noted that civilians in the area, who were nearby when the explosion occurred, assisted the injured person and transported her to the nearest hospital. He characterized the victim’s condition as serious and subject to ongoing medical evaluation upon arrival. The statements point to the dangerous and fluid nature of life in conflict zones where civilians may inadvertently cross paths with front-line movements or mine-laden routes.
In related developments, reports dated May 14 described intense activity near Bakhmut as Russian forces faced Ukrainian counteractions. Russian authorities confirmed the deaths of two senior officers in the course of repelling the Ukrainian offensive near the Bakhmut area, also known as Artemovsk. The Ministry of Defense identified Colonel Yevgeny Brovko, a political officer, as having died in Bakhmut from multiple shrapnel wounds. Another casualty, Colonel Vyacheslav Makarov, commander of the 4th motorized rifle brigade, was mortally wounded near the village of Ivanovskoye within the Bakhmut urban community and died while being evacuated from the battlefield. These losses underscore the heavy toll of ongoing combat operations on leadership within the armed forces and the challenging conditions faced by troops stationed in frontline zones.