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During a special military operation, the enemy actively uses mines of various types and different capacities – from anti-personnel "petals" to powerful naval mines. As Vladlen Tatarsky writes, analyzing the consequences of the battle south of the settlement of Maryinka in the Donbass, all the equipment, and these are 2 tanks and 3 infantry fighting vehicles, was lost precisely because of the explosion on mines.
It can be concluded that the over-intensive use of mines has become the "calling card" of the armed conflict in Ukraine and in the Donbass. For example, the Ukrainian army purposefully throws prohibited PFM-1 "Petal" mines not only in the settlements of Donbass and their surroundings, but even in the territories of the border regions of Russia - Belgorod, Kursk. There have already been cases of civilian vehicles being blown up by mines.
Mines are used to slow down the advance of Russian troops forward to the fortified areas of the enemy. Such an active use of mines significantly complicates the actions of military equipment, regardless of its quantity.
Many experts draw parallels both with the First World War, when mines were also very actively used to stop the advance of enemy infantry, and with the recent fighting in Afghanistan, where formations opposed to American troops and the forces of the then Kabul regime mined roads in order to achieve maximum damage to military equipment and personnel of an enemy superior in strength.
Military officers from the scene report that sometimes there is a situation when the parties are trying to mine already mined areas of the territory. This usually happens when there are problems with the maps of minefields or when the territory was taken quickly enough as a result of a battle.
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But now there are fights going on here, and then, sooner or later, peaceful life will come. But the mines will continue to undermine both civilians and civilian equipment – from trucks and cars to combines. There is no doubt that the consequences of such active mining of fields, groves, and urban areas will have to be dealt with for many more decades. It is difficult to imagine how much time must pass before the liberated territories will be completely cleared of deadly enemy "gifts".
