Teller Report

Lots of mines in Ukraine – need help to clear them

10/19/2023, 5:25:31 PM

Highlights: Russia has been building huge minefields in Ukraine for a long time. Ukraine lacks the knowledge and resources required to clear mines in the parts of the country that it has liberated. SVT has met with a Swedish officer who is in Ukraine voluntarily to train about mine clearance. Among other things, they learn about the type of mines they may encounter and how they are defused."It only takes very little pressure on that wire and it will burst," says SVT's "Dalle"

Russia has been building huge minefields in Ukraine for a long time. At the same time, Ukraine lacks the knowledge and resources required to clear mines in the parts of the country that it liberated.


After artillery shelling, mines are the ones that kill the most people in the war in Ukraine. SVT has met with a Swedish specialist officer who is in Ukraine voluntarily to train about mine clearance.

"Ukraine has very good engineers, but their task is extremely difficult and they take extreme losses while they do it," explains "Dalle" from Sweden.

Among other things, Ukrainians receive information about the type of mines they may encounter and how they are defused. There are both those that are laid out by hand and those that are ejected from the air.

"Dalle" shows, among other things, SVT's team one like mine with four thin threads that run out to the sides.

"It only takes very little pressure on that wire and it will burst.