A sapper unit has begun humanitarian demining work

👉 In the Makariv Territorial Community of the Kyiv region, a sapper unit has started humanitarian demining operations. Specialists are working on the first phase, which involves non-technical survey of suspected hazardous areas. Even before the operations began, volunteers from the Slots City Foundation provided the demining team with vehicles, UAVs, equipment, gear, and repair facilities for their technical needs.

The clearance of contaminated or potentially contaminated areas begins with a primary non-technical survey—on designated sites, a sapper team works with specialized equipment and metal detectors. Their task is to determine the boundaries of hazardous areas, the type of mines and explosive remnants of war, their depth, soil composition, vegetation, and to mark the area to warn the public about the dangers.

Demining is taking place at locations previously occupied by enemy forces. The first discovery by the sappers was a rocket from the "Uragan" multiple launch rocket system with a cluster warhead.

💬 "The ground here is filled with explosive ordnance, including smaller devices and tripwires, requiring extreme caution not only from local residents but also from professional deminers. In forested areas, it is possible to set up a tripwire with a fixed grenade or another explosive device anywhere, making detection extremely difficult. Especially now, as vegetation begins to grow, detection will become even more complicated," shared the team leader.

The sapper group working in Makariv has already surveyed 52 hectares of land, mainly forest belts and field roads. Overall, they have 300 hectares in the Kyiv region to clear.

In total, approximately one-third of Ukraine's territory is mined. According to UN experts, this accounts for 174,000 square kilometers of land