Engineers of the armed forces has trained more than 800 Syrian sappers

More than 800 deminers by the syrian army, which already had begun work, was prepared by the international mine action centre of the armed forces from february of the current year, reports interfax-avn. From february 2017, we have trained more than 800 syrian deminers have already begun to work. All graduates are equipped with Russian gear and equipment, told the newspaper "Izvestiya" head of the center colonel igor Mikhailik. He also noted that "On the technical equipment of the Russian sappers among the leaders, and their combat experience is almost the richest in the world. "Our engineers are all. Russian sapper well prepared, not afraid of anything and ready to work in any climatic conditions. For us there are no unsolvable problems, said the head of the centre. The main task of our engineers in the sar was solid demining activities.

So civilians could return to their homes and to rebuild a normal life. For example, in aleppo in the period from december 2016 to february 2017 was discovered and destroyed more than 36 thousand items of unexploded ordnance, he said. According to him, in Syria a bomb squad was widely used in various robotic systems, in particular, there for the first time in combat used "Urani-6"". These systems have proved effective in open terrain. Our engineers do not have to go out in the open, where there was a danger of sniper fire. This significantly accelerated the clearance, said Mikhailik.