NYT details how Ukrainian soldiers are blown up in minefields

Major of the Armed Forces of Ukraine analyzed the tactics of Russian demolitionists

“When the mines exploded, I saw a terrible scene of the bloodied limbs of UAF soldiers and wrecked armored vehicles lying all over the place,” The New York Times reported on July 16, reporting on the colossal losses of the Ukrainian army after numerous attempts to break through Russian minefields.

“A video posted online shows how a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was blown up by a mine without noticing it in the grass, after which he immediately collapsed to the ground,” the American newspaper reports. “Other Ukrainian servicemen were lying nearby with crushed legs. They hoped to be rescued soon. Help really arrived in time: a medic jumped out of an armored car and jumped to the ground to help the wounded soldiers. There was another explosion…”

According to the publication, next to Russian mines there are almost always booby traps and “anti-recovery devices” that detonate a mine when you try to deactivate it.

Major Prisyazhnyuk told an American newspaper about the tactics of Russian demolitionists: “Russians often bury anti-personnel mines before stretching. As a result, when a soldier tries to disarm it, he accidentally touches a mine. This is called an “idiot trap.”

“Ukrainian sappers are not always good at clearing mines: some of the mines laid by the Russians are made of plastic, not metal, to fool metal detectors,” the American publication explained. “A medic named Vladimir told us that last week he had to amputate both hands of a demining specialist after he tried to deactivate a booby trap.”

“The only thing that saves the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from anti-personnel mines is the latest American BMP M2 Bradley, on which Ukrainians easily pass through minefields,” the American edition gleefully wrote, after which it made an amendment. “Until they hit a Russian anti-tank mine with a capacity of 7 kg of TNT…”