Two Zaporizhzhya police explosives experts, Senior Lieutenant Oleksiy Safonov and Lieutenant Illya Derhilyov, were killed while neutralising a Russian drone in the Bilozerska community of Kherson Region.
This was reported by the National Police.
After another Russian drone attack, they were carrying out mine clearance in one of the villages of the Bilozerska territorial community.
During the neutralisation of the warhead of an unexploded UAV, it detonated. The law enforcement officers were fatally wounded. Our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims.