Ukraine to receive USD244m from donor countries to purchase special equipment for humanitarian demining, Ukraine’s first deputy prime minister and economy minister Yuliya Sviridenko has said.
A number of donor countries will provide Ukraine with USD244m to purchase special equipment for humanitarian demining, Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Yuliya Sviridenko has said.
“Our donors, including the United States, the European Union, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Denmark, Canada, Austria, Switzerland, Korea and the Howard Buffett Foundation will total more than USD244 million to Ukraine for humanitarian demining,” she wrote on Facebook.
According to the First Deputy Prime Minister, by the end of the year Ukraine should receive equipment from foreign partners, in particular, 10 demining vehicles from the Croatian company DOK-ING and another 10 vehicles from Global Clearance Solutions. It is expected to receive about 200 pyrotechnic machines, more than 600 metal detectors, 50 explosive machines, as well as individual demining kits, explosion-proof suits, quadrocopters, robotic systems for munitions clearance.
As reported, more than one third of agricultural land identified for priority demining has been surveyed in Ukraine. According to the State Emergency Situations Service, more than 411,000 explosive objects, including more than 3,000 aircraft bombs, have been neutralized on the territory of Ukraine since the beginning of Russia’s large-scale military invasion.
