At the conference, 8-year-old Bogdan told how his leg had been blown off by a mine after running to help his father.
‘In conventional warfare, modern anti-personnel mines were originally intended to be used by soldiers against soldiers and not against civilians – and we are now watching the unconventional methods of warfare,’ Dr Tkazky said during the panel discussion.
The process of demining Ukraine, according to the conference experts, may take as long as 30 years. They added that it will take just as long to clear the Azerbaidjani region of Karabakh from the Armenian mines. ‘Russian troops have been laying mines for 15 months now, minefields are layering on top of each other,’ he told the conference.
‘We desperately need special equipment for demining, because almost every day people die who just want to return to their homes,’ he explained. ‘We know that Turkish minesweepers MEMATT are used in Azerbaijan, they are not cheap. But we have developed a machine ourselves in Kharkov – it removes 99% of anti-personnel mines, which reduces the workload of sappers greatly.‘We assemble such special equipment ourselves – in several workshops and factories.
‘Our countries have suffered from the same criminal activities as en-masse mining,’ he said. ‘We are ready to exchange experiences, we are ready to show our machines to Azerbaijan, to create them together, since we have a common pain – civilians, children, old people, women are dying.”
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