Ukraine's armed forces receive weapons stockpile abandoned by Russian invaders in Kharkiv region
Photo: Facebook/ State special transport service
Sappers of the State Special Transport Service in the Kharkiv region discovered a whole arsenal of enemy weapons. A warehouse of ammunition, which the Russians threw away during the retreat, was found in an educational institution in one of the region's settlements.
The State Special Transport Service reported this on Facebook.
It is noted that more than half a thousand explosive items were stored on the territory of the facility.
Photo: Facebook/ State special transport service
Sappers inspected one of the educational institutions at the request of residents. During the inspection in the premises of the boiler room, an ammunition depot was discovered, in which the enemy had left 152-mm artillery shells, 100-mm cannon shells, 125-mm tank shells, 120-mm mortars, etc. – a total of more than 500 explosive items.
Photo: Facebook/ State special transport service
The sappers sorted the explosive items and handed over the usable items to the Ukrainian army's service members. Damaged ammunition was disposed of in a designated and safe place for people.
Photo: Facebook/ State special transport service
For reference:
As Rubryka reported, on June 19, two men were blown up by a mine near the river in the Sloviansk community in the Donetsk region, and one died.
Nataliia Humeniuk, head of the Southern Defense Forces' joint press center, has cautioned that garbage carried away by the Kakhovka Reservoir and has started washing ashore, especially in Odesa, might contain explosives.
Serhii Hrom, deputy director of the Department of Military-Industrial Policy of the Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine, said that the Ministry of Strategic Industry is currently working in the direction of humanitarian demining of territories and has three priority areas of work.
