In this news report for national Ukraine TV news, ICTV (International Commercial Television) reports on GCS-200 mechanical demining platforms operating in Ukraine to create safe environments, fostering conditions for reconstruction and recovery.
Video in Ukrainian, summarised below:
GCS-200 processes the ground, but instead of harvesting, it collects and destroys explosives
Developed by Swiss demining company GCS, the same machines have been used across the globe, including in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan and Africa, and recently in Ukraine
It can cover twelve thousand square meters in a day, many times faster than manual demining
Most importantly, such equipment eliminates the risk of being hurt by explosion for deminers
Head of GCS Ukraine Dmytro Salimonov explains: "The GCS-200 provides maximum safety for operators, who can control the machine via remote control up to a thousand metres away and see it on the screen. It is equipped with several cameras that fully scan the situation on the field."
As independent pioneers, GCS is currently conducting demining works in a forested area in the Bucha district of Kyiv Oblast.