Mina. Archival photoSCHASTIE (LPR), May 17.The Ukrainian security forces left a number of mine traps during the withdrawal from the Donbass, the commander of the sappers of the International Mine Action Center of the Russian Armed Forces with the call sign «Lex» told reporters. In early April, specialists from the International Mine Action Center of the Russian Armed Forces arrived in the LPR and began humanitarian demining. At the first stage, the main task was to clear a thermal power plant in the city of Shchastya, LPR, and at the moment, work on it has been completed. In total, since the start of work, Russian sappers have examined and cleared 50 hectares of territory and neutralized about 500 explosive objects.A British mercenary who arrived in Ukraine declared that the Western media had been deceived «Here hung the instructions for the remote control, to which these mine-explosive obstacle control wires came. On this plate we see what was installed there: MON-50 mines in one direction , and in the other direction three pieces. Here was a battery that set mine-explosive barriers in action. And from it there was a remote control with buttons that could activate a certain mine, «the commander of the Russian sappers said, showing reporters the control panel of the mined space. He explained that an observer was on duty in the makeshift control room, who could, when the enemy approached these positions, set a certain mine in action. According to him, the approaches to each mine were covered with various kinds of trip wires, anti-personnel mines and mine traps. «Departing, the Ukrainian troops took with them all the most valuable things, took the remote control, took away the power source that was here, and directly mine-explosive barriers were left in place with with the discretion that when they are neutralized, and in any case, sappers will go there, in any case they will organize demining, neutralization, destruction, so that sappers will accordingly suffer losses on those ammunition that are set as traps, «- told Lex. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
