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All miners from east Ukraine's Zasyadko mine evacuated - RIA news agency


    MOSCOW (Reuters) - All miners who had been trapped in the Zasyadko coal mine in eastern Ukraine have been evacuated, RIA news agency quoted a member of the emergencies services in the separatist-controlled region of Donetsk as saying on Wednesday.

    Electricity in the mine has been restored after a cutoff caused by shooting in the area and all 750 miners of the mine have been evacuated, according to a separate report of rebel press service DAN.

    (Reporting by Polina Devitt; editing by Lidia Kelly)