Denis Monastyrsky: Scorched earth is what the occupiers leave behind
Denis Monastyrsky, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, told the Public Affairs Minister of Ukraine Denis Monastyrsky in an interview about what the military armed forces and law enforcement officers, in particular the National Police, see during the clearing of the de-occupied territories.
The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that in almost every settlement, law enforcement officers find torture, mass burials and document other war crimes.
“The Russians are leaving behind scorched earth, destroying all life support systems — electricity, heating, there is a continuous robbery of civilians,” the minister said.
Emergency rescue workers, who are also among the first to enter the de-occupied territories, are trying to provide people with basic conditions. First of all, we are talking about food, water, generators, so that the light appears and the mobile connection works.
One of the most important tasks of the State Emergency Service and the National Police is the demining of areas that were under occupation. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the employees of the State Emergency Service have discovered more than 250 thousand explosive objects, another 130 thousand - police officers.
It is worth noting that in the liberated territories of Donetsk region, Luhansk region, Kherson region, Kharkiv region, mining is twice as dense as in the de-occupied part of Kiev region or Chernihiv region.
“If earlier we could talk about demining in Luhansk region, Donetsk region, then, unfortunately, now we are forced to talk about it in fact in most of the territory of our state. Indeed, practically everything is mined: if we compare with the Kiev region or Chernihiv region, the mining is twice as dense. This, of course, is connected with the duration of the enemy's stay there, and with the fact that they use this method as a deterrent to our troops,” said Denis Monastyrsky.
