The tail of a bomb dropped from a UAV drone. Archival photoDONETSK, July 30 The military defuse the «Lepestok» mines that Ukrainian troops threw at the center of Donetsk, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.Ukrainian troops fired a rocket-propelled cluster projectile with PFM-1 anti-personnel mines at the center of Donetsk on Saturday «Petal». Such a mine is the simplest anti-personnel ammunition of the minimum size. The diameter of the product does not exceed 120 millimeters, the weight is only 80 grams. It is already dark in the city, and it is quite difficult to see such a mine on the road. Inside the light plastic case there is 40 grams of explosive. The push-to-action fuse is armed within 1-10 minutes after being released. A self-liquidator is provided that works 1-40 hours after cocking. When firing at maximum range with a volley of 16 9M27K3 shells, mines are scattered along an ellipse with an area of up to 150 hectares. The average distance between individual mines does not exceed 10 meters. Petals were found on Mira, Vatutin and Bogdan Khmelnitsky avenues, Oreshkov lane, Universitetskaya, Chelyuskintsev, Lyubavina and Shchorsa streets. In some places, the military has to remove mines with shovels. Recently, Ukrainian militants have been increasingly shelling Donetsk, Makiivka and Yasinovataya in this way. Residents of these cities now need to be especially careful and not let only children out on the streets. Ukraine
