More than 670 people in Ukraine were injured by Russian mines and explosives

As of the end of May, 673 people in Ukraine were injured by mines left by the Russian military, unexploded ammunition and other explosive objects.

This was announced by the spokesman of the State Emergency Service, Oleksandr Khorunzhyi, at a briefing at the «Ukraine-Ukrinform» Media Center.

He added that 80 children were among the victims.

«We currently have 673 wounded people, 80 of whom are children. These are data from the secretariat of the National Authority for Mine Action,» Oleksandr Khorunzhyi noted.

How is the demining of the Mykolaiv Oblast going on?

Ukraine recently updated the country's priority demining plan. According to it, more than 512,000 hectares of agricultural land are subject to priority demining, of which 44,000 hectares are in Mykolaiv Oblast.

As of December 2023, 30% of the territory of the Mykolaiv region has been mined. In total, this is 754 thousand hectares of land.

At the same time, they are working on demining in the region. For example, as of October 2023, 13 thousand 40 hectares have been demined in the Mykolaiv region, including 9 thousand 25 hectares of agricultural land.

The author of the project «Ukraine's World Inside Out» Dmytro Komarov visited the mined territories of the Mykolaiv Oblast and showed the work of local sappers. NikVesti also told about a farmer from Kyselivka, who is trying to demine his fields on his own.

About 30,000-35,000 hectares of land remain mined in the Bashtanka district of the Mykolaiv region, part of which was under occupation. And in the village of Maksymivka of the Pervomaisk community of the Mykolaiv region, locals live with an unexploded shell under the foundation of the house.

In Maksymivka, the demining situation is now critical. A year after liberation from the Russian occupiers, only 40% of the village was demined.

Read also the article NikVesti «Decades are needed: How the demining process of the Mykolaiv region continues.»

It is known that the Demining of Ukraine company has developed a device capable of demining the Mykolaiv region within three months.

Also, units of the Corps of deminers are already working in the Mykolaiv, Kherson and Kharkiv regions.

Also read the article NikVesti «How mechanized demining machines clear fields of mines in the de-occupied Mykolaiv Oblast».