Ukraine It has become the most mined country in the world over the past year and a half. According to reports, there are minefields 10 kilometers deep in the country, which greatly hampers the Ukrainian counterattack – He writes VG.hu. This is one of the reasons why the summer counteroffensive began so slowly, because the Russians planted mines on Ukrainian territory.
For this reason, the leadership in Kiev ordered the retraining of Ukrainian engineers as firefighters, because there is hardly anyone left capable of clearing minefields. According to news, the British are helping in this, as they are directing the retraining process at a Polish military base.
The BBC writes that retraining began last November, however
Very few people have mastered the level to defuse bombs safely.
Ukrainian engineers can now learn how to neutralize large anti-tank mines as well as smaller infantry weapons.
VG.hu reported this
It is estimated that Russia has mined an area the size of Florida in Ukraine. Minefields can be up to 10 kilometers deep, and there can be up to 5 mines per square meter.
British Major in charge of retraining, Kevin Engstrom, said: “Clearing mines is not an easy task and can only be done slowly and with as much care as possible. However, in a live situation, when explosives deployed in the field during an exchange of fire must be neutralised, no You can be careful, and this makes the process completely unpredictable.
