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Dec. 3, 2024, 9:59 a.m.

Mine destroyed off the coast of Odesa region

Photo: Ukrainian Navy

(Photo: Ukrainian Navy)

The Ukrainian Navy destroyed a mine that washed up on the coast of Odesa region on December 2.

This was reported by the press service of the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to the military, the mine was discovered off the coast of Odesa region at about 17:00 and detonated remotely.

It should be noted that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, many mines have been placed in the sea, in particular by the Russians to interfere with trade. Sometimes they are torn off their anchors and carried by the current, sometimes nailing to the shores of Odesa region.

Thus, on September 16, navy sailors destroyed a sea mine that had been washed up on the coast in Odesa region by a storm the night before. The mine was shot with a machine gun in compliance with all safety measures and isolation of the explosion site.

All night and part of the day, bad weather raged in the Odesa region - the region was affected by Cyclone Borys, which has also been raging since September 12 in other countries of Central and Eastern Europe. In Poland, water flooded the Lower Silesian and Opole provinces. Silesian and Lesser Poland are under the threat of flooding, and in Romania, four people were killed and thousands of homes destroyed. In the Czech Republic, the Jesenice and Opava regions are at risk of flooding.

However, in 2024, sea mines began to wash up on the coast less often than in 2022. Thus, until September 16, the last time sailors reported the discovery of a munition was on August 4. Prior to that, an anti-ship mine that had been torn off its anchor was blown to the beach in Odesa by a storm on March 28, where it exploded.

Mines are also washing up on the shores of other regions. For example, on March 27, the military reported that in the Mykolaiv region, in the coastal zone of the Dnipro-Bug estuary, they found the body of a man with no signs of life and a mine-blast amputation of his lower limbs. It was established that, ignoring the warning signs of danger, the local resident went to the coast to the water's edge, where he probably encountered an explosive object. The explosion caused life-threatening injuries to the man.

In early March, sappers destroyed riverine mines thrown onto the Odesa coast by a storm twice within a week.

Кирило Бойко

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