Complete demining of Ukraine will take more than 5 years

On February 24, 2022,  Ukraine suffered from a full-scale invasion launched by russia.

As a result of russia's large-scale invasion, Ukraine became one of the world leaders in the contamination of territories with explosive objects. According to international indicators, the intensity of pollution is the highest since the Second World War.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine said that more than 30% of the country's territory is currently polluted with explosive objects. Full demining of Ukraine may last more than five years. Seeing that, it takes from 1 to 3 years to demine de-occupied settlement. Today we are moving about 40 hectares per day.

«We are assessing  the first stage of demining with a duration of 1 to 3 years from the moment of de-occupation of the settlement, and complete demining, especially demining of rivers and forest strips, will take a long time, which may exceed 5 years» – stated the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Denys Monastyrskyi.

 

Monastyrkyi added that there are losses among the rescuers involved in demining every week.

Ukraine is cooperating with international partners to obtain equipment, essential for conducting demining works.

At the same time, according to the minister, there are specialists in this field in Ukraine, and foreign partners are asking to share this experience with them. It is planned to open an international demining hub in Ukraine in the future, the minister said.

Monastyrskyi noted that tens of billions of dollars should be spent on the detection and disposal of explosive objects on the territory of Ukraine.

 

 

 

 

 

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