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Russian President Vladimir Putin has carried out “economic terrorism” by stocking explosive mines in Ukrainian farmlands and the ports of the Black Sea, officials working to clear the mines in Kyiv told Fox News.
“Ukraine has already been mining for over 20 years, and every day of the war requires another 30 days of mining,” Cameron Chill, CEO of drone company Draganfly Inc. (DPRO), told Fox News. explained. His return from Kyiv.
Chill is working with Ukrainian emergency management services to deploy drones to efficiently detect buried mines left by Russian troops after withdrawing from the area around Kieu in late March.
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But drone experts said the place where the Russian army left the explosive device talked a lot about Putin’s angry war against his former Soviet neighbors.
“We were shown some fields where there seemed no reason to bomb them. We were told that there wasn’t even real action in the area,” Chill said. explained. “The fact is if you go and inadvertently bomb a hectare and a hectare. [of land] – It cannot be used.
“It will be unusable and unproductive land, which will appear to be some sort of economic terrorism,” he added.
The war in Ukraine has been going on for more than four months. In April, Russian officials said Moscow’s ambitions in Ukraine were to “fully control” the eastern and southern regions, but the Kremlin officials were the first to take control of Kyiv after a month of fighting. I made this announcement only after I couldn’t take it.
Ground officials argued that this war was more than regaining former Soviet territory – it was about destroying Kyiv.
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Mr Chill said the Ukrainians are firmly committed to fending off the Russian attack.
“Okay, what does this really mean next year, three, five, ten years?’ Has a very practical approach,” he said. “I didn’t meet anyone who expected this to happen by Christmas.
“Morale is resilient,” Chill added.
The number of mines deployed by Russian troops throughout Ukraine remains unknown, but by mid-May Ukrainian officials said Reported a whopping 80,000 mines Other explosives that have already been discovered, recorded, and invalidated.
“Ukraine is now by far the most mined country in the world,” Chill said.
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Draganfly’s drone technology is not yet able to detect underwater mines, but the ability to locate and record mines is not only a safer method, but can also speed up the demining process by up to 40%.
Drone techniques are also being considered to nullify mines, but experts say that the most effective way to remove the threat of underground explosives is to train staff to individually nullify bombs.