Reports from UA Counter Offensive
💣 Mines are thick
▶️ Progress is slow

"On Tuesday the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said that its sappers had neutralized 97,981 mines and other explosives since the beginning of 2023. From June 24 until June 30 alone, sappers managed to destroy 1,431 explosives."

- https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-748817

Detailed types used by both sides as reported by HRW
ref. https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/06/13/landmine-use-ukraine

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Sappers of the 36th brigade.

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🧨 #Sappers of the 3rd Mechanized Battalion 🇺🇦 of the Separate Presidential Brigade are among the first to enter the liberated territories and pave the way for our troops. They walk ahead, carefully checking every meter.

🛠 In the arsenal of a sapper there are metal detectors, cats, nippers... But his main tool is his mind. The sapper must be attentive, not lose vigilance for even a second, treat everything suspicious with caution.

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The work of #sappers 95 ODSHB DSHV #ZSU #Ukraine

After our troops vacate the territory, a bunch of explosive "surprises" from the occupiers remain on it. Therefore, the passage there remains closed until it is checked by engineering and sapper units.

"There is an area that ours have already vacated. It is necessary to check it in order to put our "girls" there, - so the commander of one of the art. Artem affectionately calls his combat vehicles self-propelled guns. -

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