Ministry of Economy of Ukraine
Ukraine offers to create a state structure to coordinate humanitarian demining – Yuliia Svyrydenko at a meeting with G7 ambassadors
28.03.2023 | 14:06 | Section for Public and Mass Media Relations
We offer to create a state structure that will coordinate humanitarian demining of the territory of our country. This was announced by First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Economy Yuliia Svyrydenko at a meeting with G7 ambassadors on humanitarian demining of Ukraine on 27 March 2023.
At the meeting also attended by representatives of the Ministries of Economy, Agrarian Policy and Food, Defence and Internal Affairs, the Ukrainian side informed the partners about the situation with the clearance of land from russian shells and mines. In particular, they talked about the necessary financial, technical and human resources.
“We have already calculated how many resources we need to accelerate the priority humanitarian demining of agricultural lands. We also see ways to accelerate the clearance of explosive ordnance. But we cannot do it without our partners. That is why we are addressing the G7 countries to provide us with financial support and help with special equipment and training,” said First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Economy Yuliia Svyrydenko.
According to the First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, in order to implement these tasks, the offer is to create a structure that will coordinate humanitarian demining of the territory of our country and will effectively implement all related organizational tasks. This body will represent a single and clearly formulated vision of the industry. Its activities will be monitored by a supervisory board to which representatives of partner countries have been invited.
In addition, the G7 ambassadors were offered to take patronage over the mined regions of Ukraine and help clear them of mines and unexploded ordnance. Such cooperation will help accelerate the demining of agricultural lands, enabling Ukrainian farmers to start using it sooner. In turn, this will have a positive impact on the country’s economy and global food security.
According to the Government, one-third of Ukraine is potentially contaminated as of March 2023. The most difficult situation is in the regions where active hostilities have taken place or are ongoing and in the regions liberated from russian occupation. The plan for the priority demining of agricultural lands also includes the territories of regions contaminated by missile strikes. In general, according to the priority demining plan, 470,854 hectares of agricultural lands are to be surveyed and cleared of mines in Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Chernihiv, and Cherkasy oblasts.
“To start solving this humanitarian problem, Ukraine now needs thousands of deminers. The experience of other countries shows that demining takes decades. But we do not want to leave the issue to our children. Therefore, we have to shorten this path without compromising safety standards – by using innovations and higher efficiency of work,” added Yuliia Svyrydenko.
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