Laos gets Russian help to detonate 3,000 UXO devices


VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN): Russian demining teams have detonated more than 3,000 UXO items left over from the Indochina War, provided UXO clearance training for Lao specialists, and donated detectors and other field equipment.

Starting in 2018, Russian demining teams, representing the International Demining Centre of Russia’s defence forces, have carried out humanitarian UXO clearance in Borikhamxay and Xieng Khuang provinces, according to a statement from the Russian Embassy to Laos.

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