Sappers of the International Mine Action Center of the Russian Armed Forces are clearing mines in the vicinity of Azovstal. Archival photoMOSCOW, Aug 6Russian sappers have already defused nearly 230,000 explosive ordnances in the Donbas, said Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the Russian Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters for Humanitarian Response, head of the Russian National Defense Control Center. demining of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia continue to carry out tasks to clear the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics of explosive objects.A total of 7204.96 hectares of territory, 716 buildings (13 of them socially significant objects), four bridges and 112.57 kilometers of roads were checked. 229,904 explosive items have been detected and defused,» Mizintsev said at a briefing on Saturday.
