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A landmine explosion in eastern Ukraine claimed the lives of three teenagers on separatist-controlled territory, the mayor of the town of Horlivka, Ivan Prikhodko, said on September 30.

“They found an abandoned house and were just looking for adventure,” Prikhodko said. “We are constantly confronted (by the problem of mines) and I think it is something that will continue for some time,” he added.

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