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☆ The US spent so much time fighting insurgents that it forgot 'what it means to actually fight a war,' a US vet in Ukraine says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewAn American veteran who fought in Ukraine said the US military spent so long focused on fighting insurgents that it forgot "what it means to actually fight a war." Libkos/Getty Images"We've gotten so used to the idea of just fighting guerilla wars and fucking fighting terrorists and everything else that we kind of forgot what it means to actually fight a war," he said. Some Ukrainian soldiers trained abroad said the training they received was not suited to the kind of fighting needed for this war. Ukraine is fighting in conditions very different from what the US and its NATO allies have fought through in recent decades. He said that fighting to clear Russian trenches made him feel like he was "fighting World War I."

Persons: —, Libkos, it's, I've, haven't Organizations: Service, Business, NATO, Russia, Army, REUTERS, State Emergency Service, US, US Army Locations: Ukraine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kharkiv, Bakhmut, Europe, Russia, China, Ukrainian, Ukraine's Kharkiv, readying, Avdiivka, Ukraine's Donetsk

☆ Russia's Kinzhals are frustrating Chinese analysts who want to find out how Beijing's hypersonic missiles might stack up against US battlefield defenses
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

China hopes its own hypersonic missile, the Dongfeng, will be game-changing in its capacity to take down US aircraft carriers. A Ukrainian sapper recovers the warhead of a Kinzhal missile. AdvertisementThe Kinzhal's maneuverability, they wrote, "cannot be compared with that of a real hypersonic missile." "Although Russia calls the 'Dagger' a hypersonic missile, analysts from other countries generally believe that the so-called hypersonic 'Dagger' missile is actually an air-launched version of the 'Iskander' short-range tactical ballistic missile," it said. "The 'Dagger' missile has more than enough ambition but not enough power," the July analysis said.

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☆ Despite losing limbs, Ukrainian sappers return to work clearing land mines
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Vitalii Hnidyi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Oleksii Poliakov, member of the National police special demining unit works with mine fuses during a demining operation near Izum town, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, October 24, 2023. By May the following year he was back at work, standing on a prosthetic limb, sweeping for and defusing mines. But she has accepted it," he told Reuters while working in the Kharkiv region this week. Valeri Onul, another sapper, also returned to work in the unit despite losing a leg in a blast in November. Even in the immediate aftermath of the blast, he said he was sure he would return to mine-clearance work when he had made a recovery.

Persons: Sofiia, Ilkiv, –, Valeri Onul, Tom Balmforth, Deborah Kyvrikosaios Organizations: National, REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Izum, Ukraine, Kharkiv region, KHARKIV, Russia, Kherson, Kharkiv, Dementiivka

☆ Ukrainian soldier says Russia is leaving booby traps on the bodies of its own soldiers in the hope they will kill advancing Ukrainians
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine is finding Russian soldiers' bodies turned into booby traps, a Ukrainian soldier told the BBC. Russia is also stacking mines on top of each other and using tripwires, the BBC reported. Ukraine said last year that Russia had also left explosives in car trunks, in washing machines, and under dead bodies. Russia has laid so many mines, he said, that even if the war stopped tomorrow it would take hundreds of years to get rid of the mines Russia has already laid. AdvertisementAdvertisementSome Ukrainian soldiers said they risk their lives by taking mines apart by hand, while others are getting out of their tanks and progressing on foot because the minefields are so dense.

Persons: sapper, Denys, Ukraine's, Ihor, Yaroslav Galas Organizations: BBC, Service, Russian, Transcarpathian Brigade Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Russian, Poland

☆ Ukraine is now the 'most heavily mined country in the world,' defense minister says, as he pleads for more de-mining equipment
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine's defense ministry said his country is now "the most heavily mined country in the world." Reznikov said that in some places there are five landmines for every square meter, or 11 square feet. Ukrainian soldiers are clearing mines by hand and exiting tanks to make progress, according to reports. Russia has been using mines heavily during the conflict, and Ukraine said dense minefields have slowed its counteroffensive efforts, which began in June. Experts told Insider that Russian forces had time to build up their defenses because Ukraine's counteroffensive efforts were delayed.

Persons: Reznikov, Oleksii Reznikov, Pete Smith, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, Guardian Locations: Wall, Silicon, Russia, Ukraine, Bangalore, bangalore

☆ Russia's planting mines everywhere, even cruelly hiding explosives in everyday items like fridges, toys, and children's books, Ukrainian military engineers say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Russian soldiers who previously occupied Ukrainian territory left it littered with land mines. Moscow's troops hid explosives in every items like toys, fridges, and even children's books. For instance, they cruelly hide explosives in everyday household items like refrigerators, toys, and even children's books. Military sappers inspect an area for mines and non-exploded shells left after Russia's invasion in Kyiv Region, Ukraine April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Mykola TymchenkoUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned in April 2022 that Russian soldiers retreating in the north at the time had left mines everywhere, creating a "complete disaster."

Persons: it's, Mark Milley, sapper, Gleb Garanich, Oleksandr, Mykola Tymchenko, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Maksym Trykur, Trykur, That's, Europe's Organizations: Service, Joint Chiefs, Staff, Ukrainian Armed Forces, REUTERS, Ukraine's, Transport Service, State Emergency Service, Special Transport Service, Mining, Mines Locations: Ukrainian, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Russian, Izium, Kharkiv region, Kyiv, Kyiv Region, Udy, Kharkiv, Africa

☆ On Ukraine's landmine-strewn front, even the corpses can kill
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Vladyslav Smilianets | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Viacheslav RatynskyiZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, Ukraine, Aug 3 (Reuters) - When they found the bodies of Russian troops at an abandoned position, something about the corpses looked wrong. "We lose one sapper every day, either wounded or dead. Even their own dead: "They know that our med-evac groups lift the wounded and the dead, under which they then find these explosives. "We had cases when five or six wounded people were brought in, and most of them turned out to be sappers. Ukraine's factories have tooled up to make equipment to help keep the sappers safer.

Persons: Volodymyr, it's, Oleksandr, Ihor Iefymenko, Vitalii Hnidyi, Peter Graff, Hugh Lawson Organizations: Armed Forces, REUTERS, PM, GO, Brigade, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Donetsk region, Soviet, Kharkiv, Canadian

☆ Russian land mines pose a persistent and deadly threat in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +16 min

What lies beneath Land mines left by Russian forces in Ukraine pose a deadly threat to Kyiv's military - and civilians in liberated territory. On average, anti-vehicle mines caused more incidents with multiple fatalities than anti-personnel mines did. GICHD has documented at least 12 types of anti-personnel mines and nine types of anti-vehicle mines in use in Ukraine. Formerly occupied towns in Kyiv; Sumy, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv oblasts all saw a large number of mines, especially anti-personnel mines, left in place, Mathewson said. Ukraine is a signatory to the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, and had been destroying its anti-personnel mines when the war began.

Persons: Mark Hiznay, ”, Adam Komorowski, Tymur Pistriuha, Hiznay, PARM, GICHD, Andro Mathewson, “, Komorowsi, Mick Ryan, Mathewson, Nacho Doce, Pistriuha, Komorowski, ” Ryan, Ryan, Jack Watling, Watling, ” Watling, demining Organizations: Russian, Reuters, HALO Trust, Human Rights Watch, Advisory, Geneva International Centre, Humanitarian, Ukrainian Deminers Association, Ukrainian, U.S . Army, Australian Army, REUTERS, HALO, Mines, Royal United Services Institute, United, Surveyors, State Emergency Service, Dnipro River’s Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russian, Russia, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Eastern Europe, South America, Caribbean, Soviet Union, Afghanistan, Germany, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia oblast, Kherson, Iraqi, Kyiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv, ”, Vuhledar, United Nations, Nova, Izium

☆ Ukraine's sappers advance slowly through Russian minefields
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Sergiy Chalyi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, Ukraine, July 27 (Reuters) - Sappers fresh from the front conducted mine clearance drills in southeastern Ukraine this week, a task that is proving crucial but painstakingly slow as Ukrainian troops try to advance on Russian forces. As they trained on Wednesday, the sappers outlined the challenges they faced on the battlefield, offering an insight into why the counteroffensive has so far progressed slowly. Tasked with clearing tens of thousands of Russian mines, the sappers have to worry about booby traps, bombs and mortar attacks. Oleksandr, who uses the call sign Agronomist, said NATO standards allowed for one person to advance seven square metres within four hours. Before the counteroffensive began, Russian occupying forces on the southern front had time to dig trenches and put down "dragon's teeth" barricades, anti-tank ditches and mines.

Persons: Oleksandr, that's, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Vladimir Putin, Zelenskiy, Tom Balmforth, Timothy Organizations: Sappers, Reuters, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Russian

☆ ‘I Live in Hell’: The Psychic Wounds of Ukraine’s Soldiers
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Photographs Antoine D Agata | Text Ellen Barry | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +15 min

The soldier’s ward is a quiet place, high-ceilinged, with chess boards and a Ping-Pong table; you could mistake it for a rest home, except that the door handles have been removed. Tap Click to read their stories Oleksandr, 21 Occupation: Soldier, former student “I finished school and joined the army in 2021. Now I’m mostly sad; I’m better off alone.” Yulia, 47 Occupation: Soldier; combat medic, independent forensic expert I’m a combat medic. Stanislav, 29 Occupation: Soldier, former cook “I didn’t plan to end up here. I adjust to each person in this way.” Serhii, 42 Occupation: Soldier, former employee at a shipping company On April 28 2022, I joined the air assault forces.

☆ Drafted Russians were deployed to Ukraine without weapons and expected to dig trenches with their bare hands, relative says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Kit Gillet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hundreds of drafted Russians are already dead in Ukraine, Russian media reported. Earlier reports have highlighted the lack of training and equipment given to Russian soldiers. Hundreds of recently mobilized Russian soldiers have died on the front line in Ukraine's Luhansk region, according to Russian news outlets, following three days of shelling by the Ukrainian army. They were given four grenades, they dug the ground with their hands," Ekaterina Brazhnikova, the sister of a different mobilized soldier, told the news outlet. Earlier reports have highlighted the seemingly lack of training and equipment for Russian soldiers.

☆ Ukraine has taken delivery of its first mine-clearing machine, which was made by a British company and cost almost $500,000
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine received its first mine-clearing machine, the Armtrac 400, which was made by a UK company. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyUkraine has taken delivery of its first mine-clearing machine, which was made by a British company. Funds raised through the initiative have allowed Ukraine to buy an Armtrac 400 for the Kharkiv region, which is no longer occupied but remains contaminated with mines. Ukraine paid almost $500,000 for the Armtrac 400. UNITED24The mine-clearing vehicle was developed and manufactured by Armtrac, based near Cambridge, England.

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