60% of the territories were demined in the right bank of the Kherson region

Demining of Mykolaiv Oblast, October 2024, illustrative photo: NikVesti

On the right bank of the Kherson region, 60% of the territory has already been demined.

This was reported by the press service of the Kherson Regional Military Administration.

It is noted that during the last week, from November 6 to 13, pyrotechnicians surveyed 54.1 hectares of territories and 5746.4 hectares of fields. 0.4 hectares of reservoirs and 1.8 kilometers of roads were also surveyed.

In total, 1,281 explosive objects were discovered during this period. Since the beginning of demining, the total number of detected explosives on the right bank of the Kherson Region amounted to 214 thousand 926 units.

The dynamics of demining in the right-bank Kherson region over the last week, illustration: Kherson OVA

How is the demining of the Mykolaiv region 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 the Mykolaiv region, the Ministry of Economy reported. They also noted that the region is a priority in demining due to its fertile lands.

Since the beginning of the great war, 754,000 hectares, which is 30% of the entire region, have been potentially mined in Mykolaiv Oblast, the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration reported.

As of April 2024, sappers have surveyed and demined almost a third of this territory — 211,000 hectares of the region's territory, said the first deputy head of the Mykolaiv RMA, Heorhii Reshetilov.

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Dmytro Komarov, the author of the «World Inside Out.Ukraine» project, visited the mined territories of 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 Bashtan 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 general, the demining situation in Maksymivka is currently critical. A year after liberation from the Russian occupiers, the village was demined by only 40%.

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

Read NikVesti articles:

• «The pace has slowed down: How has the demining situation in the Mykolaiv region changed over the course of a year?».
• «Either we work, however risky, or we end this story»: why the farmers of the Mykolaiv Oblast continue to work, despite the mine danger.

• How to talk to children about mine danger: advice from a psychologist