Associated Press: Search of Ukraine coal mine ends with blast death toll of 17 By Associated Press. Published April 28, 2019 at 10:17 am (Archive photo) Miners visit a mine in Donetsk's Petrovskiy district, eastern Ukraine, controlled by Russian-backed separatists, on Dec. 8, 2014. Photo by AFP MOSCOW — Officials in rebel-held eastern Ukraine say the death toll from a coal mine explosion is up to 17. Read more here.