Anti-personnel mines, which were washed away by the flood as a result of undermining the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station by Russian war criminals, can end up on any coast of the Black Sea.
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This was stated by the head of the UN program for mine action in Ukraine, Paul Heslop, writes CNN.
According to him, light anti-personnel mines can carry the current along the entire coast of the Black Sea.
We know that mines were widely used on the left bank (of the Dnieper – ed.), apparently to prevent an attack across the river … I can conclude that a number of explosive devices – whether they were exploding ammunition or mines and anti-personnel mines – were washed downstream, Heslop noted.
He believes that “these mines are either already at sea or will be there soon.”
Unfortunately, we are seeing anti-personnel mines being washed ashore around the Black Sea, Heslop added.
The head of the UN demining program explained that the butterfly mines – small, airtight and plastic – are filled with rare explosives and float in the water. At the same time, heavier mines, such as anti-tank mines, will not be carried that far by water.
A ten-kilometer anti-tank mine will not be able to cover the same distance as a 50-60-gram anti-personnel mine, Heslop added.
According to him, such chaotic contamination by ammunition will be very difficult to overcome.
Recall that on June 6, Russian invaders blew up the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, as a result of which dozens of settlements were flooded, some of which are located in the temporarily occupied territory.
On June 15, the European Parliament recognized the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station as a war crime for Russia.
Source: Racurs
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