“I would like to separately mention our people who defuse mines and Russian ammunition left by the occupier,” — President of Ukraine on the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in an evening address noted the fire technicians of the State Emergency Service, explosives technicians of the National Police and the sappers of the National Guard, who neutralized more than 100 thousand hectares of explosive areas.
“I especially note the pyrotechnics of the State Emergency Service. Alexander Dvoretsky from Ternopol and Roman Shutil from Luhansk region, who have been working in Kherson region for almost six months in a row, returning security to Ukrainians. Thank you!
Thank you Roman Radavchuk from Kyiv region, who works in Mykolaiv region, defunding energy facilities. Thank you Vasyl Popovich from Chernovtsy for demining in Donetsk region. Yevgeny Zakharov from Kyiv — for mining in Kharkiv region.
I wish Yevhenii Melnyk, Andriy Makoviychuk, Vitaly Rudenko, Vladimir Klyapchuk, Vladislav Baku a speedy recovery... These are the pyrotechnics of the State Emergency Service, who evacuated the territory of the Kherson region and suffered injuries.
I thank the explosives of our police. Andriy Ilkiv, Taras Sala, who worked in de-occupied areas of Kyiv and Kharkiv regions.
I thank Anatoly Chechelnitsky for demining in Mykolaiv region.
I thank Igor Zabolotny, Tatiana Kuzubova, Valery Onula, Marina Ostrovska and Vyacheslav Yarove for demining in Kharkiv, Donetsk region, Chernihiv region, Kherson region, Kyiv region.
Thank you to the sappers of the National Guard of Ukraine and our Armed Forces!
To expel the occupier, to cleanse our land of all traces of the evil state, to punish terrorists are our tasks. The tasks that we will fulfill,” the President said.
It should be noted that approximately 30% of the territories of Ukraine remain contaminated with explosive objects. According to the Minister of Internal Affairs Igor Klymenko, now the total area of the deoccupied territories is almost 20 thousand square kilometers from Kharkiv to Nikolaev area. Large-scale work in these areas covers several key aspects: the implementation of stabilization measures, operational and further humanitarian demining.
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