Russia transfers engineers, sapper units to Nagorno-Karabakh
Russian Il-76 aircrafts are transferring military personnel, special equipment and equipment of the engineer-sapper unit of the peacekeeping brigade of the Central Military District from the Ulyanovsk-Vostochny airfield to Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), the Russian Defense Ministry reports.
In the conflict zone, sappers will carry out tasks of engineering reconnaissance, mine clearance of terrain, roads and objects. In addition, they will provide preparation and maintenance of transport and evacuation routes, water treatment and other engineering tasks. Service dogs will detect and search for explosives.
Engineers and sapper units are being transferred to Nagorno-Karabakh. #Sappers will carry out tasks of engineering reconnaissance, mine clearance of terrain, roads and objects. #ArmyRussia #NagornoKarabakh #Peacekeepers #Armenia #Azerbaijan pic.twitter.com/zVoKJcVYw0
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