Ukrainian sappers employ mechanized demining to clear war-battered Chernihiv region

Ukrainian sappers started using a DOK-ING MV-4 mechanized demining machine in Ukraine's northern Chernihiv region to clear areas of ammunition and explosives, Rubryka reports, citing the State Emergency Service.

What is the problem?

For almost a year and a half, the sappers of the special emergency and rescue squad of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Chernihiv region have been clearing a variety of ammunition, including cluster munition elements, anti-personnel and anti-tank mines, ammunition, remnants of bombs and rockets fired by the Russian forces at residential areas, forest park zones, and agricultural lands from all types of weapons available in the arsenal since the beginning of the full-fledged invasion in February 2022.

Farmers face a significant challenge when performing agricultural tasks due to explosive objects scattered across fields. This situation results in large portions of land being unusable for farming.

What is the solution?

To make the territory safe, a specialized squad with a DOK-ING MV-4 mechanized demining machine was sent to help the Chernihiv sappers from the Interregional Rapid Response Center of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.

How does it work?

To demine all territories, sapper units go meter by meter, carefully examining every patch of land. The DOK-ING MV-4 remote control machine significantly speeds up demining, and most importantly, it protects the lives of specialists.

In general, sappers responded to 4,805 calls, discovered 51,937 units of ammunition, and surveyed almost 40,000 hectares of land, including more than 37,000 hectares of agricultural land, in the territory of Chernihiv region.

Rubryka reported that the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Oleksii Reznikov, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine would dig up five mines for every square meter laid by the Russians.

To detect Russian mines, the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine uses the experimental technique of thermal imaging.