• 09/22/2024

Former Commander of South Grouping of Forces explains how Russians cleared fields of mines at start of war

Pravda Ukraine

The Russian troops cleared minefields in front of platoon strongholds in Kherson Oblast with rocket artillery at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Source: Major General Andrii Sokolov, who at the beginning of the invasion was Deputy Commander of the Operational Command Pivden (South) and was in charge of the Pivden grouping of troops, in an interview with Ukrainska Pravda
Details: Sokolov said he met the first day of the war at his command post in front of a monitor with a Virage Tablet, a programme that tracks all aircraft’s flights nearby.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/09/18/7420309/