# Explosive device in a field kills two boys in Sumy Oblast

https://mins.news/en/item/90346

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-10-07 20:30 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/explosive-in-field-kills-2-boys-in-sumy-oblast/

> Two 14-year-old boys were killed when an explosive device they found in a field in Konotop district, Sumy Oblast, detonated. Governor Oleh Hryhorov warned that mines and unexploded ordnance pose a serious danger to civilians and urged people to avoid suspicious objects.

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