Specialists of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine are learning demining techniques in Cambodia.
Reuters writes about it.
Ukrainian sappers worked together with the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC). Together, the specialists carried out remote-controlled detonations at a distance, and also worked with mine detectors and service dogs.
The Cambodians plan to send a team of sappers to Poland to continue training the Ukrainians.
"The situation there is different, so we will continue this training in Europe, during which they will be able to apply this equipment and technology in a real situation," noted CMAC deputy director Um Phumro.
- More than six million landmines remain in Cambodia since the civil war of 1967-1975. About 40 thousand residents of the country have amputated limbs, which is the largest indicator in the world.
- In early January, Magava, an eight-year-old rat who discovered more than 100 landmines and other explosives, died in Cambodia, making him the most successful rat in this business. He even won the PDSA Gold Medal, the highest award for bravery an animal can receive.