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"In a painstakingly slow process that has come to define the speed of the Ukrainian #counteroffensive, small groups of sappers on the front lines are crawling across minefields — sometimes literally on their stomachs — to detonate Russia’s defenses and clear a path for troops to advance.

...Areas between 3-10 miles deep... have been densely mined with antitank and antipersonnel #mines and trip wires."
Thread: https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/110737798663037742

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"Ukrainians are trying for now to save the few they do have by doing the job manually. Sapper units — sometimes a group of just four people — will often wait for twilight to clear paths, as they are too visible in the daylight and can be seen through night-vision devices in the dark.

Walking with a metal detector is unrealistic, sappers said, because they are too visible. So they crawl, relying on their vision to spot mines."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/15/ukraine-war-russia-mines-counteroffensive/

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