KHARKIV OBLAST, Feb 5 — A consolidated unit of rescuers neutralized 228 munitions last week and 87,766 explosive devices since the beginning of the Russian full-scale invasion.
Yevhen Vasylenko, a spokesman for the Main Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv Oblast reported about this on Telegram.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, sappers of the SES discovered and neutralized 87,766 explosive devices and inspected 4,344 hectars of territory and 3,045 km of transmission lines.
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Over the past week, the State Emergency Service went to defuse explosive devices 122 times and neutralized 228 munitions. There were 137 calls in total. Of these, 49 calls were to extinguish fires, including eight related to hostilities [due to shelling/airstrikes — ed.], said Yevhen Vasylenko.
He emphasised that no civilians were injured by explosive devices during the week.