- Sputnik International
World
Get the latest news from around the world, live coverage, off-beat stories, features and analysis.

Russian Bomb Squad Prepare to Demine Historic City Palmyra – Military

© Sputnik / Mikhail Voskresensky  / Go to the mediabankAncient Palmyra
Ancient Palmyra - Sputnik International
Subscribe
Russian field engineers have reached the outskirts of Syria’s ancient city Palmyra and are getting ready for a mine-clearing mission, the Russian reconciliation center at the Hmeymim airbase said Sunday.

Syria: Russian bomb disposal vehicles deployed in liberated Palmyra - Sputnik International
Enter the Machine: Russia Deploys Robots to Demine Palmyra
HMEIMIM (Sputnik) — Syrian armed forces recaptured the historic city from jihadist militants last week with air support from Russia. During their 10-month control of the city, Islamists destroyed multiple ancient treasures and booby-trapped the ruins.

"A second group of experts from Russia’s International Mine Action Center have arrived in the Palmyra area. Russian sappers have begun preparations to demine infrastructure assets and the historic part of the city," the Russian military said in a bulletin.

The first group of Russian sappers set up a field camp near Palmyra late Saturday after travelling almost 200 miles from Russia’s Hmeymim airbase in Latakia with a convoy of 20 vehicles guarded by Russian attack helicopters.

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала