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Crime23 February 2026Archive brief

Seven police officers are injured, including two seriously, in a separate bombing targeting police vehicles at a filling station in Mykolaiv, Ukraine

Seven police officers are injured, including two seriously, in a separate bombing targeting police vehicles at a filling station in Mykolaiv, Ukraine.

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Seven police officers are injured, including two seriously, in a separate bombing targeting police vehicles at a filling station in Mykolaiv, Ukraine.

The development was among the significant crime stories being followed from World. Contemporary coverage attributed the principal details to Reuters on 23 February 2026.

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