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SHOTLIST:

MYKOLAIV, UKRAINE (DEC. 18, 2025) (STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE - RESTRICTED)

1. EMERGENCY VEHICLE AT AGRICULTURAL LAND

2. DISPOSED PIECES ON GROUND

3. MINE CLEARING DEVICE

4. EMERGENCY CREW CARRYING MINE CLEARING DEVICE

5. VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY CREW SETTING UP DEVICES / MINE CLEARING DEVICE MOVING

6. VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY CREW DONNING SPECIAL BOMB DISPOSAL ATTIRES

7. VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY PERSONNEL REMOTE CONTROLLING DRONE/ DRONE FLYING/ LOOKING AT SCREEN SHOWING DRONE POINT OF VIEW

8. ANOTHER MEMBER OF CREW

9. MINE CLEARANCE DEVICE MOVING ON AGRICULTURAL LAND

10. DRONE SHOTS OF BOMB DISPOSAL OFFICER WALKING (TWO SHOTS)

11. DRONE SHOT OF EXPLOSION DURING MINE DISPOSAL MYKOLAIV, UKRAINE - DEC. 18, 2025 - RESTRICTION: USERS MUST CREDIT “STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO — EDITORIAL USE ONLY — A robotic system cleared mines from agricultural land in the Mykolaiv region on Thursday, Dec. 18, as part of ongoing efforts to make southern Ukraine safe for farming, the State Emergency Service said.

The system, known as the Avenger LT, allows specialists to detect and destroy remnants of cluster munitions while minimizing the risk to personnel.

So far, 30 pieces of ordnance have been destroyed in the area. Officials said clearance operations are ongoing in the region, which has been heavily contaminated by explosives since the start of the conflict.

Writing by Ayse Elif Erdis