Kim said that demining slowed down in the Mykolaiv Oblast due to mobilization

Demining on the territory of the Mykolaiv region, archival photo of NikVesti

In the Mykolaiv region, the pace of demining the territory slowed down due to the complexity of the work and mobilization.

The head of Mykolayiv RMA Vitalii Kim told about this on Tuesday, April 30, on the air of the TV channel «Apostrof TV», NikVesti writes.

The main reasons for slowing down the process are the complexity of the areas for demining and the mobilization of workers engaged in this work. Part of demining specialists had to be sent to serve in the Armed Forces due to mobilization measures, which complicates the process of freeing new territories from dangerous munitions.

According to him, of the more than 288,000 hectares that need to be demined, only about 125,000 hectares have been demined so far.

«Currently, the pace of demining has slowed down a little due to the fact that, firstly, the areas for demining are more difficult, and secondly, part of the people engaged in demining join the armed forces due to mobilization. In total, 125,000 hectares of 288,000 hectares have already been demined, and there is a lot left for demining. Now the demining of the area is more difficult, so the pace will slow down, but we have a lot of people,» said Vitalii Kim.

Ukraine has 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.

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 Mykolayiv 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.

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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%.

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.