Now Ukraine is the most mined country in the world, Russian mines are a serious obstacle for our troops, but not insurmountable.
Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said that during the counter-offensive, the Ukrainian military sometimes encountered 5 enemy mines per square meter of territory.
“Today, Ukraine is the most mined country in the world. Hundreds of kilometers of minefields, millions of explosive devices, in some places on the front up to five mines per square meter. Russian mines are a serious obstacle for our troops, but not insurmountable. . We have qualified sappers and modern equipment, but it is very insufficient for a front that stretches hundreds of kilometers in the east and south of Ukraine,” Reznikov said in a comment to The Guardian.
Large minefields can be bypassed, the minister said, but it is critical that allies “expand and accelerate” the training that some countries, including the UK, are already doing.
The publication states that the number of sappers in the Ukrainian armed forces is not enough for a breakthrough due to the difficult Russian defense of a large 600-mile (1,000 km) front, where sapper units is a target for dense fire.
Chief Physician of the Mechnikov Hospital on the Dnieper, where many of the most seriously wounded are treated, Sergei Ryzhenko said he receives between 50 and 100 troops a day, where mines are the second cause of their injuries after artillery. .
Recall that the machine for preparing land for demining, developed by Kharkiv engineers, has been certified. The manufacturing company received a certificate and a declaration of consent, allowing to establish production.
Source: korrespondent
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