Occupying forces mining Kherson region with ammunition from last century – Ukrainian intelligence
Ukrainska Pravda — THURSDAY, 9 JUNE 2022, 10:07
The Russian military has brought ammunition from the 1950s to Kherson Oblast in order to mine the occupied territory.
Source: the press service of the Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
Quote: "In an effort to stop the Ukrainian soldiers, the Russian invaders are urgently building additional lines of defence, mining the territory and creating engineering barriers."
Details: According to Ukrainian intelligence, a convoy of Russian military trucks with mines made in the 1950s arrived in the occupied territory. The ammunition was stored in warehouses in Rostov Oblast in Russia and prepared for destructive use.
Having appropriated funds intended for mine disposal, the Russian command sent ammunition to the front.
When trying to set up mine barriers, several sappers from the battalion-tactical group of the 7 Military Base of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District (unit 09332) have already been injured by these munitions. The military leadership classified this incident as an accident.
Background: On the morning of 9 June occupiers fired on the village of Tverdomedove in Kherson Oblast, two civilians were wounded.
