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Moscow, SANA – Russian demining experts dismantled over 1500 IEDs left behind by ISIS terrorists in Deir Ezzor, Russian Defense Ministry said.
In statement on Friday, the Ministry said “Experts from the International Mine Action Center are focusing primarily on removing landmines from roads leading to the city’s social infrastructure, hospitals, water and electric facilities,” in addition to roads and buildings inside the city of Deir Ezzor, its entrances and suburbs to make the passage safe for humanitarian convoys.
The Ministry noted that the preliminary estimate is that Russian experts will have to remove explosive devices from up to 1,500 hectares.
“A contingent of over 170 personnel of Russia’s International Mine Action Center, 40 special-purpose and engineering vehicles, and 10 mine-sweeping teams has been deployed to Syria,” the ministry said.
Over the first few days of their work in Deir Ezzor, the Russian demining experts dismantled more than 1500 “explosive objects”, including a hundred improvised explosive devices, demining 8 kilometers (5 miles) of roads, eight buildings and 3 hectares of land, according to the statement.
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