“Sappers returned to use 35,000 sq. km of Ukrainian land since the beginning of the large-scale invasion, 17 thousand sq. km of them – in 2024.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
Sappers returned to use 35,000 sq. km of Ukrainian land since the beginning of the large-scale invasion, 17 thousand sq. km of them – in 2024. This was reported by the First Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine, Yuliya Svyridenka, “As of the end of 2024, 35,000 sq. km of Ukrainian land has been surveyed, cleared or demined. This is more than the area of Odesa Oblast, the largest of all the regions of Ukraine “, said Yuliya Svyridenko. According to her data, in 2024, Ukrainian sappers returned more than 285,000 ha (2,850 sq. km) of agricultural land. In total, more than 318,000 pyrotechnics were inspected during the year. ha (3,180 sq. km) of such land. Advertisement: “For us, it is fundamental to demine the state in years, not decades. Thanks to the involvement of modern technologies, this is quite possible. In general, by 2033, in accordance with the National Mine Action Strategy, we aim to return to use 80% of the territories that were directly affected by the war,” said Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal following the results of the meeting on the state of implementation of demining measures in in 2024. He said that since the first year of the full-scale war, the area of potentially mined lands in Ukraine has decreased from 174,000 to about 139 thousand sq km Shmyhal also announced plans in the field of demining for 2025: Advertisement: – carry out work on the technical survey of territories on an area of 31,000 square meters. sq. km; – to implement new innovative technologies, in particular with the use of drones and robotic complexes; – create a Register of contaminated or likely contaminated territories; – to continue the development of the training center for sappers, which is being created with the support of Japan; – to create an interdepartmental training base where they will work with mine detection dogs and detector dogs. We will remind: Within the framework of “Humanitarian demining” in November 2024, mines and shells were cleared and almost 25 thousand were handed over to farmers. ha of agricultural land.