Azerbaijan’s MoD reveals latest data on work of engineering troops in liberated lands PHOTO/VIDEO

Engineering work continues in the Azerbaijani territories liberated following the Armenia-Azerbaijan 44-day Second Karabakh War, which ended with the victory of the Azerbaijani Army under the command of the President of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Ilham Aliyev.

Units and subunits of the Engineering Troops of the Azerbaijan Armed Forces are engaged in clearing roads of mines and improving them to ensure the safe and uninterrupted movement of vehicles, carrying out work on strengthening combat positions and trenches, as well as in laying new supply roads to the units stationed in mountainous and difficult terrain, according to the Defence Ministry of Azerbaijan.

From May 1 to May 19, 2022, more than 950 hectares of territory were completely demined and cleared of unexploded munitions by the engineer-sapper units in the liberated territories.

To date, more than 17,200 hectares of area in the liberated territories have been cleared of mines and unexploded ordnance by the engineer-sapper units. In total, more than 6,000 anti-personnel mines, more than 2,100 anti-tank mines, and more than 9,400 unexploded ordnances have been detected and neutralized.

The main efforts are aimed at demining settlements, sowing plots, roads, and infrastructure facilities in the liberated territories. In total, more than 140 km of new supply roads have been laid to the positions of Azerbaijan Army Units stationed in mountainous and difficult terrain.

Other necessary activities on detecting and neutralizing mines and unexploded ordnance, as well as engineering support, continue in the liberated territories.