This is reported by the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine.
"A ground preparation machine developed by Kharkiv-based manufacturers has been certified. The manufacturing company has already received a certificate of conformity and a declaration of conformity, which allows it to be manufactured and used for demining," the message says.
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Ukrainian development has several advantages over foreign machines: simplicity of design and relatively low cost of production, maintenance and repair. At the same time, the development allows for the effective disposal of anti-personnel mines and detection of anti-tank mines.
It is noted that currently, manufacturers can produce two such machines every month.
"We are interested in buying domestic equipment rather than importing it. Therefore, we certainly support effective Ukrainian solutions. The key task today is to scale up the production of domestic manufacturers," said Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Economy of Ukraine.
According to her, machines such as those developed in Kharkiv will be useful for the State Emergency Service, the State Special Transport Service and private operators involved in demining in Ukraine.
The Ministry of Economy also emphasized that 20 demining machines are operating in Ukraine today, including three in Kharkiv region. About 3,000 specialists are also involved in demining.
On the other hand, these capacities are not enough to accelerate the clearance of mines and explosives from the country's territory. Therefore, at each meeting with foreign partners, the issues of supplying the necessary equipment, training pyrotechnics, and financial support for humanitarian demining are raised.
As Defense Express reported, Ukrainian sappers got Armtrac 400 vehicles for demining operations. We also wrote, that the Swiss-German remote-controlled demining machine GCS-200 already used on the territory of Ukraine.
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