Ukraine’s military bomb squads upgrade demining system

The Defense Ministry’s State Special Transport Service experts improved the mobility of the demining system they have in service by placing it on chassis. In order to create passages through enemy minefields, the assault units of the State Special Transport Service Read More …

Cambodia: CMAC starts clearing mines and explosive remnants on more than 500 hectares of forest land in Siem Reap

532 hectares of Phnom Preah Chbar community forest and people’s land in Srey Snom district, Siem Reap province, have been cleared by CMAC of mines and other explosive remnants of war. Srey Snom District Governor Hun Rithy said at the Read More …

South Korea will provide Ukraine with two non-lethal battlefield demining tanks

These Korean non-lethal tanks are armored anti-mine machines. The Ukrainian armed forces have been struggling since the start of the summer counter-offensive because of the huge minefields laid by the Russian army. One of the most inaccessible are these minefields Read More …

Cambodia hosts first multilateral operational training exercise on mine clearance

Cambodia is hosting the first multinational operational exercise at the Humanitarian Mine Action Field within the framework of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus under the theme “Pure Homeland-2023”. The first-of-its-kind multinational event, which will last for 10 days, began on Read More …

China helps train international experts in clearing land mines

Forty people from the armed forces in Cambodia and Laos completed a three-month training session on mine-clearing skills on Friday. The training, including the use of the latest mine-clearing technologies, will keep mine-clearing forces in their countries safe and enable Read More …

Romania and US to conduct exercises with Ukraine in Black Sea and Danube Delta

The Romanian and US navies are organising Sea Breeze 23.3, a multinational exercise that will take place from 11 to 15 September in the Black Sea and Danube Delta. Military personnel from Bulgaria, France, the United Kingdom, Türkiye and Ukraine Read More …

Bosnia and Herzegovina: The completion of the process of cleaning BiH from cluster munitions was solemnly marked

The Center for Demining in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in cooperation with the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Demining Commission in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the non-governmental organization Norwegian People’s Aid, marked today in Sarajevo the completion Read More …

Ukraine: Three bomb disposal technicians from HALO Trust hospitalized after hitting mine in Kherson region

Three bomb disposal technicians from The HALO Trust organization, involved in humanitarian mine clearance operations in Kherson region, hit a Russian mine, Head of Kherson Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Prokudin has said. “A 24-year-old man was seriously wounded in head Read More …

Cambodia: India fund Koh Kong demining operations

The Indian embassy and the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on August 31, approving $425,000 in funding for a vital mine clearing project which encompasses four districts in Koh Kong province. Read More …

Global support for Cambodia’s landmine, UXO clearing efforts

In a recent gathering that highlighted the global commitment to eliminating landmines, all 164 signatory states of the Ottawa Convention expressed their support for Cambodia’s newly-appointed Prime Minister, Hun Manet. The meeting, held on August 28, emphasised the leader’s dedication Read More …