90 Miles From Tyranny : Russian combat engineers defuse 3,000 bombs in Palmyra in 12 days...

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Russian combat engineers defuse 3,000 bombs in Palmyra in 12 days...

Russian engineers have cleared around 180 hectares (about two square kilometers) in the ancient city of Palmyra, defusing some 3,000 bombs, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday.
“Beginning April 1, over 30 kilometers of roads and more than 182 hectares of land have been demined; 2,987 explosive objects have been unearthed,” Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said at a teleconference at the National Defense Control Center.

Russia’s armed forces have deployed a field hospital to Palmyra, the minister said.


“It’s fitted out with the most advanced medical equipment to operate autonomously for 30 days. If necessary, both the Syrian military and local citizens returning back home can address to that medical installation,” Shoigu said.





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