Several remote demining machines were brought to Mykolaiv Oblast

Several remote demining machines were brought to Mykolaiv Oblast. Photo: DSNS

Mechanized demining machines GCS-200 were brought in for demining the Mykolaiv lands.

This was reported in the Main Department of the State Service for Emergency Situations in the Mykolaiv Region.

Recently, a mechanized demining unit from Zaporizhzhia with two GCS-200 machines arrived for demining the Mykolaiv lands.

The GCS-200 is an unmanned, remotely operated platform. It is controlled by one operator using two joysticks and buttons on the radio remote control transmitter. It consists of a crawler tractor and attached equipment. During demining, mines are detonated or destroyed by the forward tool, thus diverting the blast from vulnerable parts of the system.

In general, as of today, one remote-controlled MV-4 and MV-10 mechanized demining machine, one Digital Vanguard-ST robotic complex, which is designed for reconnaissance and remote disposal of ammunition, and two GCS-200 mechanized demining machines are operating in Mykolaiv Oblast. With the help of this technique, 140 hectares of territories in Mykolaiv region have already been demined.

Several remote demining machines were brought to Mykolaiv Oblast. Photo: SESU

Several remote demining machines were brought to Mykolaiv Oblast. Photo: SESU

Several remote demining machines were brought to Mykolaiv Oblast. Photo: SESU

Several remote demining machines were brought to Mykolaiv Oblast. Photo: SESU

Several remote demining machines were brought to Mykolaiv Oblast. Photo: SESU

Several remote demining machines were brought to Mykolaiv Oblast. Photo: SESU

Several remote demining machines were brought to Mykolaiv Oblast. Photo: SESU

How is the demining of the Mykolaiv Oblast going on?

Ukraine recently updated the country's priority demining plan. According to it, more than 512,000 hectares of agricultural land are subject to priority demining, of which 44,000 hectares are in the Mykolaiv region.

As of December 2023, 30% of the territory of the Mykolaiv region has been mined. In total, it is 754 thousand hectares of land.

At the same time, they are working on demining in the region. For example, as of October 2023, 13 thousand 40 hectares, including 9 thousand 25 hectares of agricultural land, have been demined in the Mykolayiv region.

Dmytro Komarov, the author of the «World Inside Out.Ukraine» project, visited the mined territories of the Mykolaiv region and showed the work of local sappers. NikVesti also told about a farmer from Kyselivka, who is trying to demine his fields on his own.

About 30,000-35,000 hectares of land remain mined in the Bashtan district of the Mykolaiv region, part of which was under occupation. And in the village of Maksymivka of Pervomaisk community of Mykolaiv region, locals live with an unexploded shell under the foundation of the house.

In general, the demining situation in Maksymivka is currently critical. A year after liberation from the Russian occupiers, the village was demined by only 40%.

Read also the article NikVesti «Decades are needed: How the demining process of the Mykolaiv region continues.»

It is known that the company «Demining of Ukraine» has developed a plant capable of demining the Mykolaiv region for three months.

Also, units of the Corps of deminers are already working in the Mykolaiv, Kherson and Kharkiv regions.