winterson they are about 1000 meters below surface. are they being told what's going on? >> conflicting information coming through. originally it was announced by the donetsk people's republic that 77 miners had died underground and, of course, that really caused a lot of emotional outburst from the relatives who were gathered around. at this point, we don't really have any information. we're getting some information through from the ukrainian miners union. we have people there on the ground but we believe that the miners that were trapped were deep below the explosion so without the extra rescue people coming in from the ukrainian territory, it's going to be a very difficult situation. >> thank you very much. >> cheers. >> this mining tragedy is another blow to a war-torn region. >> the united nations human rights office says more than 6000 people have been killed in writing since the conflict between pro-russian separatists and ukrainian forces began last year. >> and despite two cease-fires and diplomatic pressure from berlin to washington, the carnage and destruction