A DETACHMENT OF RUSSIAN DEMINAGE SOON TO THE KOSOVO








MOSCOW, March 1.  / Corr.  RIA " Novosti " /. a detachment of deminage
of the Russian ministry of the emergency Situations took the plane for
Kosovo.

In form to part 24 sappers and 8 dogs draw up has the detection of the
mines.

The Russians will work in Kosovo for six months within the framework
of a mission of the Center anti-mines of the United Nations, initially
close to Vitina, a city in the east of the province, then has the
yougoslavo-Albanian border, in the German sector of responsibility.

The Russian sappers received the baptism of fire on Balkans in 1999
when they had neutralizes more than 2 000 explosive machines.  The
year passee, the 22 Russian sappers have verifie 36 minefields of a
total surface of 155 000 meters cross-sections while demorcant nearly
2 000 of different torpedes, absolute record on the 16 national
detachments having takes part in the operations of deminage in Kosovo
within the framework of a special program of UNO.