15 sapper teams of the Armed Forces of Ukraine receive mine clearance kits
25 September, 2023 Sappers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces received demining equipment from donors. September 2023. Photo credits: Come Back Alive Foundation
The Come Back Alive Foundation has provided 15 engineer and demining teams of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with mine clearance equipment. The transfer of vehicles and equipment took place as part of the "We Live Here" project, which is being implemented together with Kyivstar. Sappers from four units of the Support Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine received the mine clearance kits.
The equipment was received by, as follows:
- 6 groups of the 808th separate support regiment;
- 5 groups of the 703rd separate support regiment;
- 2 groups of the 91st separate support regiment;
- 2 groups of the 210th pontoon bridge regiment.
Sappers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces received demining equipment from donors. September 2023. Photo credits: Come Back Alive Foundation
The total value of the property transferred to the Ukrainian military is UAH 24,305,076.
The team of the Come Back Alive Foundation has handed over sets of essential items that will help the sappers to clear the offensive routes of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, as well as the territories that were already liberated from the Russian invaders. Each group received the following items:
- pickup truck;
- Autel EVO Nano+ quadcopter;
- tablet with protective case and memory card;
- 3 Motorola radios;
- personal and group mine clearance kit;
- metal detector;
- a blasting machine with a charger, an ohmmeter, probes, 2 coils of wire.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine received mine clearance equipment from donors. September 2023.
Photo credits: Come Back Alive Foundation
The regiments of the Support Forces also received 4 modular explosive protective suits. In total, the Come Back Alive Foundation has already provided 31 sapper teams with such equipment as part of the "We Live Here" project.
Sappers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces received demining equipment from donors. September 2023.
Photo credits: Come Back Alive Foundation
Together with Kyivstar, the Come Back Alive Foundation is raising UAH 175 million to equip 146 sapper teams of the Armed Forces Support Force. The "We Live Here" project was launched in May this year. So far, more than UAH 100 million has been raised to implement the initiative.
Illustrative image of the demining process.
Photo from open sources
The sappers of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operate both in the already liberated territories and in the areas where active hostilities are taking place.