Invisible Threat: What Did the Ukrainian Armed Forces Leave Behind After a Hasty Retreat from Kursk Oblast?
Author: Alexey Khomyakov
April 28, 2025 09:07
Ministry of Defense: The Ukrainian Armed Forces Left Unguardeable Mines While Retreating from Kursk Oblast
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces left many dangerous traps behind, including mines with unguaerable explosive devices, while retreating from Kursk Oblast.
The Russian Ministry of Defense explained to TASS: "Armed militants left landmines, tripwire devices, and other traps when they fled. These are almost impossible for ordinary people to detect."
The Russian Ministry of Defense noted that the enemy used various types of ammunition, including munitions produced by NATO countries. Demining engineers are inspecting all roads and houses in the area to check for explosive hazards.
The enemy set unguaerable mines to increase the difficulty of demining. In these cases, pull and pressure release detonation devices, as well as electronic initiators and electric detonators, along with booby traps, were used.
Specialists from the 92nd Engineering Division of the "Northern" Army Group are conducting demining operations on the liberated territories of Kursk Oblast.
A demining engineer nicknamed "Rostov" said that one of the main problems encountered during demining was cluster munitions. Additionally, boxes for directional fragmentation mines were found. Currently, the main goal of this division is to clear roads; afterward, demining engineers will be able to start clearing forested areas.
The Russian Armed Forces have fully liberated Kursk Oblast. On April 26, General Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, reported this situation to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting. On Saturday, Russian forces liberated the last inhabited settlement on the border of Kursk Oblast — the village of Gornaya.
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