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A State Emergency Service bomb disposal team has seized and destroyed an OFAB-250 aerial bomb in Kharkiv Oblast. “Yesterday, after the latest attack by the Russian army on the border village of Ruska Lozova, an enemy OFAB-250 high-explosive fragmentation aerial Read More …
Despite the terrorist attacks of Russia, the state is taking all measures to ensure the speedy humanitarian demining of agricultural land and food security of the country, the Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy informs. Thus, according to the Kherson Read More …
After 13 years of conflict, explosive ordnance contamination remains a challenge in Syria. Approximately a third of communities across Syria reportedly face grave risk of injury and trauma by some form of explosive contamination. Demining efforts are underway with the Read More …
Ukraine’s Minister of Economy, Yulia Svyrydenko, announced that 33 demining operators have already been certified, and the number of mine action developments is increasing. According to her, “over 50 more are in line,” Rubryka reports. “The more operators we have, Read More …
Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) has declared Kratie province clear of landmines becoming the 15th mine-free province in the country. During the Vietnam War in the late 1960s and early 70s, intense fighting took place in Kratie Read More …
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence is developing special footwear for bomb disposal experts, which will reduce the risk of leg injuries during mine-clearance operations. Early reports indicate that anti-mine boots should prevent the damaging effects of certain types of anti-personnel Read More …
The work of the non-governmental National Association for Humanitarian Demining has started in Ukraine, its head Meri Akopyan said on Monday during the presentation of the association. “The key mission of the association will be to facilitate the speedy and Read More …
Landmines in Iraq has been a longstanding issue, originating from conflicts such as the Iran-Iraq War and the Gulf War, where both conventional and improvised landmines were extensively deployed. The aftermath of these conflicts, coupled with ongoing internal strife and Read More …
The Mine Action Authority and the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Residual Contamination Management in Cambodia on March 5, 2024. Senior Minister Ly Thuch, First Vice President of the Mine Read More …
