Denis Monastyrsky: In the fight against the enemy, we work as a single mechanism
The Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Denis Monastyrsky, who inspected the work of the bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs along the border, told about the results of the trip to Sumy region today at the Yedeni Novosti air marathon.
“The team here is united — the SNS, border guards, police, armed forces and volunteers — all working together as a single mechanism. Such work is really an example for other regions,” the minister said.
He also spoke about the work of rescuers to eliminate the consequences of enemy shelling and the danger of repeated strikes.
“Sumy region has more than 500 kilometers of state border with the enemy. Shelling here occurs quite often. During the first 5-10 minutes, the employees of the State Emergency Service leave the place, start work. And somewhere in thirty minutes there is a second shelling. Unfortunately, we have wounded and dead rescuers during such shelling,” Denis Monastyrsky said.
Due to the likelihood of repeated shelling, civilians are restricted and prevented from entering the territoryNPU investigators and experts carefully record and collect evidence for further transfer to the SBU, which conducts tens of thousands of such criminal proceedings.
The minister also said that Sumy region is the largest of the de-occupied territories, which remains mined. More than 47% of the territory of the region was polluted at the beginning, now 20 kilometers near the state border remain dangerous.
“Today we saw how the water space is being degraded — hundreds of shells were removed from the lake. This suggests that there is a lot of work ahead. It is necessary to definitely increase the number of pyrotechnics and equipment for demining Ukraine,” the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs noted.
The Minister also spoke about the danger of mine petals used by the Russians, including in Sumy region and advised everyone to master the basic skills of home care:
“To be able to help yourself and the environment, to use the turnstile - today it has become vitalboth for an adult and for a child.”
Also on the air there was talk about the work of police and psychologists during the evacuation of the population.
“It is very difficult to overcome fear, to take responsibility, to convince a person who has been in the basement for several days to come out and finally bring him out of the shelling to a safe place,” said Denis Monastyrsky.
Psychologists always work at the evacuation sites, helping rescuers and police to communicate with the victims, relatives of the dead.
According to the minister, the work of psychologists has now changed radically. It requires a lot of professionalism. Therefore, both Israeli and British colleagues help us. Psychologists from other countries come to learn how to work in such conditions.
