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A 73-year-old man was injured by stepping on an anti-personnel butterfly mine near the village of Ruska Lozova in Kharkiv district.

August 13, 2023 Andriivka, Kharkiv Oblast

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Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Russian occupiers (organization) Andriivka (location) Russian forces (military_unit) Russia (organization) ISW (organization) Kupyansk-Svatove line (location) Kurylivka (location) Petropavlivka (location) Kucherivka (location)

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

The accident took place on the afternoon of 13 August, when a 73-year-old man stepped on an anti-personnel butterfly mine. The man is in hospital, his left foot has been torn off by the explosion.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: uncertain

Moscow's troops are slowly advancing toward Kupiansk but still require reinforcements to break through the Ukrainian defenses

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Russian forces conducted offensive operations along the Kupyansk-Svatove line and attempted to regain lost positions near Bakhmut, in the Donetsk-Zaporizhzhia Oblast border area, and in western Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

On 13 August at approximately 10:40 p.m., occupiers shelled the village of Kurylivka and outbuildings caught fire.

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