Since the beginning of the year, fire engineers of the State Emergency Service have seized and destroyed almost 14 thousand explosive objects
Pyrotechnic units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine carry out daily work to survey the territory of the country, identify, seize and destroy explosive objects from past wars. During the last day alone, April 19, 38 sorties were made, during which 125 munitions were found.
Thus, on April 19, pyrotechnics of Chernihiv region destroyed in the prescribed order 3 units of explosive objects of the Second World War, respectively. An artillery shell with a caliber of 76 mm in an open area near the village of Kipti was discovered by local residents the night before. Another 2 shells with a caliber of 122 mm were found by locals near the village. Hexagon. During the survey of the surrounding areas, the fire brigade of the State Emergency Service did not find any other dangerous objects.
On April 19, pyrotechnics of the State Emergency Service of the Nikolaev area, by controlled detonation, destroyed an artillery shell with a caliber of 152 mm. The dangerous find in the open area during the search for scrap metal was discovered by a resident of the village of Berezneguvate, which he reported to the 101 special line.
At the same time, in the Zhytomyr region, fire engines of the State Emergency Service destroyed three units of explosive objects from past wars, which were discovered the day before in the villages of Mykhailivka and Melena of Korosten district. In both cases, “hunters” for scrap metal came across a dangerous “echo” of war. Arriving on call, the specialists of the State Emergency Service identified the finds as three artillery shells. All dangerous finds are destroyed by detonation in a specially designated place.
On April 18, pyrotechnics of the Ivano-Frankivsk region destroyed one 152 mm artillery shell of World War II, discovered in an open area in a field in the village of Bogorodychyn, Kolomyisky district.
On the same day in Sumy region, a group of pyrotechnic works of the Interregional Rapid Response Center of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (m. Romny), work was carried out on the neutralization of one 45-mm and three 85-mm artillery shells. Dangerous finds were previously found in the field, at a distance of about 70 m from the residential buildings of the village. Lisogubivka, in the Konotop region.
And in the Dnipropetrovsk region on April 17, the Rescue Service “101” received a message that in the Sinelnikovo district, in the city of Sinelnikovo (forest strip), during a search for scrap metal, a citizen found objects similar to obsolete rounds for 7.92 mm small arms in the amount of 50 mm of seeds. During an additional survey of the territory, obsolete cartridges for small arms of 7.92 mm caliber, in the amount of 2 thousand 170 units and one AC-20 mm artillery shell were found. The next day, in the Sofievsky district, near the village of Petrove (open area), during the search work, representatives of the public search organization “Memory of Descendants” found obsolete AC-75 mm artillery shells, in the amount of 23 units and a RPG-40 hand grenade, in the amount of 1 unit. Detected munitions destroyed by controlled detonation.
In addition, work is underway on the demining of liberated territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Thus, on April 19, units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the territory of Donetsk region, where the PLO is carried out, surveyed 1.34 hectares of territory and 0.02 hectares of water area and identified and removed 8 VNPs.
In total, since the beginning of the year, the pyrotechnic units of the State Emergency Service have seized and destroyed 13,983 explosive items, including 28 aircraft bombs.
Therefore, in order to prevent accidents among the population in case of detection of explosive objects, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine once again appeals to citizens with a request to observe the rules of safe handling of explosive or unknown objects!
It is strictly prohibited:
touch a suspicious object or move it;
fill it with liquids, cover it with soil or cover it with something;
to exert sound, light, thermal or mechanical effects on a suspicious object, because almost all explosives are sensitive to mechanical, sound effects and heating;
try to neutralize the find yourself.
Remember that in case of detection of explosive objects, it is necessary to immediately report this at the number “101” or “102” and in no case try to independently identify the found ammunition.
