Two mine-detecting Belgian shepherds are already working in the Mykolaiv region

The other day, mine-detecting dogs from the Interregional Rapid Response Center of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine arrived in the Mykolaiv Oblast for demining of populated areas of the Pervomaisk community.

This was reported to the State Emergency Service of the Mykolaiv region on April 16.

After several days of adaptation, two Belgian shepherds are already involved in the performance of assigned tasks.

At present, the canine experts, sappers, together with their assistants, are examining the area for the presence of explosive objects.

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, it 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, including 9 thousand 25 hectares of agricultural land, have been demined in the Mykolaiv region.

Dmytro Komarov, the author of the «World Inside Out.Ukraine» project, visited the mined territories of the Mykolaiv region 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 Pervomaisk community of Mykolaiv region , locals live with an unexploded shell under the foundation of the house.

In general, the demining situation in Maksymivka is currently critical. A year after liberation from the Russian occupiers, the village was demined by only 40%.

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

It is known that the company «Demining of Ukraine» has developed a plant capable of demining the Mykolaiv region for three months.

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