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This holiday has gained special significance during the war.
Every year on 3 November, Ukraine marks the Day of the Engineer Troops. During the war, it is precisely these troops who handle engineering support. They also organize engineering reconnaissance, clear routes of debris, build ferries and safe passages through minefields, and arrange the territory for further advances.
History of the holiday
The holiday was established in Ukraine in 1999 year by a presidential decree of Leonid Kuchma. It was introduced “in view of the merits of the engineer troops in strengthening the country’s defense capability.”
During the war initiated by Russia, the engineer troops are among the first to enter combat: they carve safe passages through minefields for the advance of infantry and equipment, neutralize explosive devices, clear roads of obstacles and debris, and construct necessary crossings over water barriers.
They also conduct engineering reconnaissance, fortify the districts of troops, camouflage troops (forces) and facilities.
Ukrainian lands have become polluted with explosive objects. It has come to the point that using ordinary technologies for humanitarian demining will require more than 700 years. However, new technologies allow not only to destroy components of the aggressor’s nuclear triad but also to reliably and significantly more quickly demining Ukrainian black soil. About this in the article “UAVs: demining of Ukrainian lands in 10–15 years” told the analyst of the systems at the CS “Digital Development of Ukraine” Kateryna Tarasova on ZN.UA.
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