Rescuers close in on trapped Russian miners

Emergency workers today stopped the flow of water into a flooded Russian coal mine where 13 men have been trapped for five days as drillers came within yards of the men’s presumed location.

Rescuers close in on trapped Russian miners

Emergency workers today stopped the flow of water into a flooded Russian coal mine where 13 men have been trapped for five days as drillers came within yards of the men’s presumed location.

Rescuers are tunnelling through solid rock from an adjacent mine to reach the men.

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