- Syria׃ Russian sappers continue mine clearance op in liberated east Aleppo

Опубликовано: 6 дек. 2016 г. Russian sappers continued mine clearance operations in the liberated districts of eastern Aleppo on Wednesday. The commander of the clearing detachment Major Ivan Gromov reported from the site that his group arrived to inspect a water pumping station which is “vital“ to the city. According to Gromov, the “inspection was not conducted in vain“ as the sappers “found cable-operated landmines,“ adding that the mines were planned to be used by militants to “carry out a demolition of the subassemblies that supply water to the city.“ The squad of the International Mine Action Centre from the Russian Armed Forces arrived at the Hmeymim airbase in Latakia on Saturday. The group reportedly includes specialists that previously took part in mine clearance operations in the Syrian city of Palmyra. SOT, Major Ivan Gromov, Commander of the clearing detachment of the International Mine Action Centre of the Russian Armed Forces (Russian): “We received a request for mine clearance at the water