02:11Mandatory credit: Russian Defence Ministry
Servicemen of Russia's Yug Group of Forces' engineer-sapper unit carried out demining operations in the territories of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) that had come under Russian control, according to the country's Ministry of Defence.
Footage released on Saturday shows sappers checking the area with mine detectors and destroying explosive devices they found.
"The most difficult thing is to deal with basements, with closed spaces, because when the enemy withdraws from a populated area, they leave a very large number of traps, such as trip wires and so on. Since all these settlements, in this case, are now blacked out, we have to work at dusk, and it's not very easy to see everything," said the commander of the engineer-sapper unit, call sign Montana.
The serviceman added that another important goal of their work was to ensure the safe 'movement of the local population'.
"We are demining the area for the movement of the local population, civilians, so that they can walk and pass through safely. Here we now have a field for sowing, so that civilians can quietly sow, get grain and do not stay out of work," he stressed.
On September 30, 2022, President Vladimir Putin agreed to sign documents allowing the accession of the DPR and Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), as well as the regions of Kherson and Zaporozhye, to the Russian Federation.
According to Moscow, it followed referenda in which people living in those areas exercised their right to self-determination and requested to join Russia.
Ukraine and its international allies condemned the move, calling it an annexation of Kiev’s sovereign territory.
Additional footage used in the video, published by the Russian Ministry of Defence, has been established to be archive footage.
The date and location of the footage used by the Russian Ministry of Defence cannot be independently verified.
'Large number of traps' - Russian sappers carry out demining operations in DPR
Servicemen of Russia's Yug Group of Forces' engineer-sapper unit carried out demining operations in the territories of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) that had come under Russian control, according to the country's Ministry of Defence.
Footage released on Saturday shows sappers checking the area with mine detectors and destroying explosive devices they found.
"The most difficult thing is to deal with basements, with closed spaces, because when the enemy withdraws from a populated area, they leave a very large number of traps, such as trip wires and so on. Since all these settlements, in this case, are now blacked out, we have to work at dusk, and it's not very easy to see everything," said the commander of the engineer-sapper unit, call sign Montana.
The serviceman added that another important goal of their work was to ensure the safe 'movement of the local population'.
"We are demining the area for the movement of the local population, civilians, so that they can walk and pass through safely. Here we now have a field for sowing, so that civilians can quietly sow, get grain and do not stay out of work," he stressed.
On September 30, 2022, President Vladimir Putin agreed to sign documents allowing the accession of the DPR and Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), as well as the regions of Kherson and Zaporozhye, to the Russian Federation.
According to Moscow, it followed referenda in which people living in those areas exercised their right to self-determination and requested to join Russia.
Ukraine and its international allies condemned the move, calling it an annexation of Kiev’s sovereign territory.
Additional footage used in the video, published by the Russian Ministry of Defence, has been established to be archive footage.
The date and location of the footage used by the Russian Ministry of Defence cannot be independently verified.
Mandatory credit: Russian Defence Ministry
Servicemen of Russia's Yug Group of Forces' engineer-sapper unit carried out demining operations in the territories of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) that had come under Russian control, according to the country's Ministry of Defence.
Footage released on Saturday shows sappers checking the area with mine detectors and destroying explosive devices they found.
"The most difficult thing is to deal with basements, with closed spaces, because when the enemy withdraws from a populated area, they leave a very large number of traps, such as trip wires and so on. Since all these settlements, in this case, are now blacked out, we have to work at dusk, and it's not very easy to see everything," said the commander of the engineer-sapper unit, call sign Montana.
The serviceman added that another important goal of their work was to ensure the safe 'movement of the local population'.
"We are demining the area for the movement of the local population, civilians, so that they can walk and pass through safely. Here we now have a field for sowing, so that civilians can quietly sow, get grain and do not stay out of work," he stressed.
On September 30, 2022, President Vladimir Putin agreed to sign documents allowing the accession of the DPR and Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), as well as the regions of Kherson and Zaporozhye, to the Russian Federation.
According to Moscow, it followed referenda in which people living in those areas exercised their right to self-determination and requested to join Russia.
Ukraine and its international allies condemned the move, calling it an annexation of Kiev’s sovereign territory.
Additional footage used in the video, published by the Russian Ministry of Defence, has been established to be archive footage.
The date and location of the footage used by the Russian Ministry of Defence cannot be independently verified.