Almost half of the territory of Ukraine needs humanitarian demining
According to preliminary estimates, the total area of the territory of Ukraine on which it is necessary to carry out measures for humanitarian demining may be about 300 thousand square kilometers.
This was announced today, May 30, during a briefing in Ukrinform, devoted to the results of humanitarian demining of the territory of Ukraine during the 95 days of the Russian military invasion, Oleg Bondar, head of the Department of Pyrotechnic Works and Humanitarian Drainage Organization of the State Emergency Service.
According to him, at present, the main efforts of the fire technicians of the State Emergency Service are focused on the demining of the territories of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr and Sumy regions and the elimination of the consequences of Russian shelling in Kharkiv, Zaporizhia, Nikolaev, Donetsk, Luhansk regions.
“As of today, more than 124 thousand explosive objects have been defused by fire technicians of the State Emergency Service. During the demining of Kyiv Chernihiv and Sumy regions, 205 settlements were cleared. Dredging of 590 km of highways, 127 km of railway tracks, 1191 infrastructure objects, 28 km of gas pipelines and more than 1,000 km of power lines,” Oleg Bondar said.
He also noted that the pyrotechnic units of the State Emergency Service are effectively performing the primary tasks of survey and cleaning settlements and critical infrastructure facilities, which allows to start a phased process of humanitarian demining of agricultural land and natural ecosystems. The order of demining these territories is determined by the military administrations.
“Understanding the importance of operational inspection and cleaning of agricultural land, fire engineers of the State Emergency Service make every effort to ensure that farmers fulfill the planned activities in time,” Oleg Bondar noted.
Department of Communications of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
