Explosive experts neutralize combat unit of enemy "Shahed" in Sumy region
Kyiv • UNN
Police bomb squad neutralized the warhead of a Shahed drone found by a local resident on the edge of a forest near a village in Sumy region.
The Shahed UAV was discovered by a local resident on the edge of a forest near a village in Sumy region. Police explosives experts neutralized the drone's warhead, which did not detonate. This was reported by the. This was reported by the press service of the Main Department of the National Police in Sumy region, UNN reports .
A few days ago, during another Russian air attack on Ukraine, our air defense forces shot down another "Shahed". Our defenders landed the enemy's strike drone quite successfully: it fell on the edge of a forest far from human habitation and did not detonate,
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It is noted that it was discovered by a local resident who was driving to his field in the morning after the air raid. It was he who informed law enforcement about the dangerous find by calling the police 102. Employees of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Department of the Sumy Oblast Police arrived at the scene a few hours after receiving the report.
To work with the enemy's dangerous weapons, law enforcement officers used special equipment, namely a sapper's explosive suit, which was provided by our foreign partners.
After inspecting the damaged UAV, a mobile group of police sappers from the Explosive Ordnance Department of the Sumy Oblast Police Department remotely separated the warhead from the body and then took it to a safe place to be destroyed by detonation.
Ihor Cherniak, head of the explosive service department of the Sumy Oblast Police, says that "this type of enemy weapon has a total weight of about 200 kilograms, and the weight of the high-explosive warhead is 40-50 kilograms.
Explosive experts also warned citizens that if they find any suspicious objects that look like shells, mines, other ammunition or their remains, if they find unmanned aerial vehicles such as "Shahed" (Geranium-2) and others, as well as missiles or their remains, do not come close to them, touch them or carry out any manipulations with them.
Recall
The enemy missile was discovered in a forest near a village in Sumy region. It did not explode during the fall, but sustained damage to its body and lost its engine. Explosive experts removed and destroyed it.
