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The Bozena-5 unmanned mine clearance vehicle, provided to Ukraine by a Slovak company, saves the lives of Ukrainian sappers.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in a Facebook post, Ukrinform reports.

"This machine saves the lives of sappers. They don't go first, but actually pick up the remnants. It is efficient and fast, and in terms of demining, it fully justifies itself," the General Staff said.

According to the report, the demining vehicle is remotely controlled, and its speed reaches 9 kilometers per hour. The system is accompanied by a demining team of five people, two of them with metal detectors to fully monitor the situation, two collect remnants, and a commander who monitors the process.

"It must be understood that no mechanized vehicle guarantees that no explosive object will remain after it. That is why any mine-clearing machine is followed by a group of sappers who collect these remnants from the ground. That is, the main merit of the Bozena-5 is that it prevents an explosive object from detonating, although it leaves explosives and metal parts in the ground," the post reads.

Thanks to this mine clearance machine, electricity supply was restored in many liberated settlements of the Kharkiv region.

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Answering the Ukrainian call for help Slovakia will offer to Ukraine two Bozena 5 mine clearance systems and healthcare material worth euros1.7 million
It is Slovakia's government decision that was taken at its session on Wednesday, February 16 - The Slovak Spectator reports.

As part of humanitarian aid the Defense Ministry of Slovakia will ensure the delivery of Bozena 5 mine clearance systems and the healthcare material to Ukraine. The delivery will take place either directly to the relevant humanitarian aid recipient or through the humanitarian aid delivery mechanisms set up in the European Union or NATO, according to a government-approved document.

In foreseeable time, Slovakia will take all necessary steps to help Ukrainian citizens to clear "large fields in the territory of Ukraine," of mines, said Jaroslav Nad', Defense Minister of Slovakia. "There is talk of a million mines. This is what Ukraine needs and how we are able to help," he said, as quoted by a local media.

Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Ivan Korcok stressed the mine clearance vehicles should be viewed as defense devices that will help to civilians not die.

In his turne Eduard Heger, the Prime Minister of Slovakia, declared that together with European partners they are dedicating all efforts to de-escalating the conflict in Ukraine, towards an agreement and peaceful solution.

As reported, the Ukrainian MoD had drafted plans to acquire two mine clearance Vehicles Bozena-4 and Bozena-5 as part of the state defense order in the year 2021.

Bozena 5 is an unmanned mine clearance vehicle that was developed by Slovak Way Industries which can be controlled from 5000 m distance with remote control system. It is effective against mines with anti-personnel and explosives equivalent to 9 kg TNT. There is an armored plate at the back of the vehicle's chain system, which can open a 2.6 m wide corridor in mined areas. Bozena 5, which can be equipped with an automatic fire suppression system depending on the user request, has a crane that facilitates its maintenance and repair. Total weight of the vehicle, which can carry out mine clearing tasks with 52 chain-bound maces, which are rotating 400-500 turn per minute, is over 12 tons. The vehicle with the maximum speed of 9 km is able to operate for 11 hours.

As Defense Express reported, Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are conducting tactical and special exercises in preparation for repelling a conventional enemy trying to break through the defenses in the tank- and airborne-hazardous areas. The drills take place amid the escalation of the conflict in Eastern Europe, as Russia is concentrating estimately half its military force near the border of Ukraine, in Belarus, and in the temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine. The Ukrainian forces stay strong, with the top military leaders being sure: the Armed Forces of Ukraine are absolutely ready to repel any aggressor.

The demining system BOZENA 5 is a remote-control machine designed for terrain demining from anti-personnel and anti-tank mines.

It is equipped with a rotating flail-chain demining device. The system includes the primary machine body, flain device, operator´s cab and transport platform trailer. Beside demining, the machine can be used for clearence from bushes and low vegetation, and after change of working device also for transport and handling of dangerous material, or a remote-control digging/level machine.

Basic tactical-technical data

Total weight: 12,020 kg
Maximum height in working position: 2,225 mm
Maximum width in working position: 3,350 mm
Maximum length in working position: 7,320 mm
Fording Depth: up to 800 mm
Working speed: 4-9 km/h
Width of demined strip: 2,655 mm
Engine output: 170 kW