Landmines slow Ukrainian counterattack
Although the Ukrainians defend themselves against it, the rhythm of their counterattack is slow, especially because of the completely cut fields. “I could never have imagined something like this.”A Ukrainian rescuer testified An article from The New York Times.
The US newspaper recalls that landmines were a weapon of war actively used by the Russians in Afghanistan, Chechnya and at the start of the Donbass invasion in 2014. But the landmines in Ukraine’s south are bigger and more complex than they used to be. Known according to players who have entered these fields.
Deminers would comb the fields at night and soldiers would try to cross them. It explains that demining teams start by clearing a path about 600 meters wide The New York Times. They turned back to clear a few hundred meters further down the track. “Let two soldiers walk shoulder to shoulder carrying a stretcher”.
Laborious and dangerous work, especially since mines are different. Fields are typically snagged with anti-handling devices that detonate the snare when lifting or when the tripwire is pulled. But sophisticated explosives abound in Ukrainian fields, such as drift mines, which, when stepped on, propel the mine body to human height and detonate.
Although the lanes have been repaired, the danger remains. Ukrainian demining worker Maksym Prysyashnyuk said Russian forces often opened fire. The New York TimesRockets that scatter small, hard green plastic mines in normally cleared areas.
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