According to the international experience, demining of Ukrainian territories can take from 5 to 10 years.
Source: Oleh Bondar, Head of the Department for Pyrotechnic Works and Humanitarian Demining of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine
“According to the international experience, mine clearance can last from 5 to 10 years. One of the biggest negative consequences of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops was large-scale contamination of territories and localities with explosives, including those prohibited by international conventions.”
Bondar clarified that the enemy used remote mining systems, cynically set unguided minefields in the localities, and left behind a large number of particularly dangerous specially planted explosive devices that pose a mortal danger and threaten civilians.
