٠٠:٠٤:١٢Russian sappers clear anti-tank minefield near Mariupol
Footage filmed on March 7 features Russian military personnel carrying out demining work on the farm of Novaya Tavria near Mariupol.
Deputy commander of the consolidated detachment of engineering troops with the call sign Announcer claimed that Russian sappers have cleared an anti-tank minefield.
"The destruction of a minefield previously established by the Ukrainian Armed Forces was carried out on the current section of the field. In total, more than 200 mines were destroyed today," the serviceman said.
He also noted that 'on average, 400-500 anti-tank mines were installed on the site.'
"There is a lot of work, including around Mariupol. And they [military personnel] continue to work in the city, and directly here, in this direction," he said.
According to the serviceman, the information about 'suspicious objects resembling a bomb or a mine' comes from residents and local authorities to the mine action centre, and the group goes to the place.
The sapper with the call sign Wild added that the explosive devices are located 'chequerwise, three or four metres from each other.'
"Everything is fenced with ribbons, signs [reading] 'Warning! Mines!', that you can not go there. And when we see local people, we, of course, remove them from the minefields where they are there. And we enclose everything so that civilians do not pass there," the serviceman stressed.
Moscow launched a military offensive on Ukraine in late February after recognising the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics' independence (DPR and LPR).
Kiev has denounced the Russian offensive into its territory, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation.
٠٠:٠٤:١٢Footage filmed on March 7 features Russian military personnel carrying out demining work on the farm of Novaya Tavria near Mariupol.
Deputy commander of the consolidated detachment of engineering troops with the call sign Announcer claimed that Russian sappers have cleared an anti-tank minefield.
"The destruction of a minefield previously established by the Ukrainian Armed Forces was carried out on the current section of the field. In total, more than 200 mines were destroyed today," the serviceman said.
He also noted that 'on average, 400-500 anti-tank mines were installed on the site.'
"There is a lot of work, including around Mariupol. And they [military personnel] continue to work in the city, and directly here, in this direction," he said.
According to the serviceman, the information about 'suspicious objects resembling a bomb or a mine' comes from residents and local authorities to the mine action centre, and the group goes to the place.
The sapper with the call sign Wild added that the explosive devices are located 'chequerwise, three or four metres from each other.'
"Everything is fenced with ribbons, signs [reading] 'Warning! Mines!', that you can not go there. And when we see local people, we, of course, remove them from the minefields where they are there. And we enclose everything so that civilians do not pass there," the serviceman stressed.
Moscow launched a military offensive on Ukraine in late February after recognising the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics' independence (DPR and LPR).
Kiev has denounced the Russian offensive into its territory, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation.