20 sapper teams of the Armed Forces of Ukraine received pickup trucks and mine clearance kits
7 November, 2023 20 sapper teams of the Armed Forces of Ukraine received pickup trucks and mine clearance equipment from the Come Back Alive Foundation, November 23. Photo credits: Come Back Alive Foundation The Come Back Alive Foundation has supplied pickup trucks and mine clearance equipment to 20 engineering and demining teams of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Come Back Alive Foundation announced this on Tuesday, November 7, on its social media pages. The transfer took place within the "We Live Here" project, implemented jointly with Kyivstar. The total cost of this equipment is UAH 26,541,104.
The Come Back Alive Foundation reported that 16 sets of such equipment were transferred to the units of the 48th Engineer Brigade. Another four were sent to the 143rd Joint Training Center "Podillya". In addition, six explosive protective suits were distributed among 20 teams.
20 sapper teams of the Armed Forces of Ukraine received pickup trucks and mine clearance equipment from the Come Back Alive Foundation, November 23.
Photo credits: Come Back Alive Foundation
Each of the 20 sapper teams of the Armed Forces of Ukraine received:
- a pickup truck;
- Autel EVO Nano+ quadcopter;
- a tablet with a protective case and memory card;
- 3 Motorola radios;
- personal and group mine clearance kits;
- a metal detector;
- a blasting unit with a charger;
- an ohmmeter;
- probes;
- sappers kits;
- 2 coils of wire.
A total of 96 sapper teams have already received equipment from the Foundation as part of the "We Live Here" project. The Foundation notes that Ukraine is currently the most mined country in the world: approximately 30% of our territories need demining. That is why one of the Foundation's priorities is to assist the sappers of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
20 sapper teams of the Armed Forces of Ukraine received pickup trucks and mine clearance equipment from the Come Back Alive Foundation, November 23.
Photo credits: Come Back Alive Foundation
Everything needed is purchased due to donations from concerned citizens and responsible businesses.
UAH 175 million is being raised within the "We Live Here" joint Come Back Alive project with Kyivstar, launched in May this year, to provide 146 sapper teams with the necessary equipment to enable demining specialists to clear Ukrainian land of Russian mines and shell remnants faster, more efficiently, and safely.
The sappers of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are operating both in the already liberated territories and in the areas where active hostilities with Russian invaders are taking place.