Mine-clearing equipment given to Ukraine by the West is ineffective, noisy, and easy to strike, commander says

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Mines in Ukraine
A Ukrainian deminer carries unexploded material during demining works at an airport in the town of Hostomel, northwestern of Kyiv, on May 5, 2022.

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A Ukrainian farmer stripped pieces off wrecked Russian tanks to make an armored, remote-controlled, mine-sweeping tractor

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Remote controlled demining machine made of tractor and armoured plates from destroyed Russian military vehicles is seen in a field near the village of Hrakove.
The remote-controlled de-mining machine proudly displays painted Ukrainian flags.

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How US-supplied shells crammed with anti-tank mines helped defeat a brigade of Russian marines in the battle for Vuhledar

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Russian tank
This photograph taken on September 11, 2022, shows a Ukranian soldier standing atop an abandoned Russian tank near a village on the outskirts of Izyum, Kharkiv Region, eastern Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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