14 thousand pyrotechnics were engaged to demine Mykolaiv region

Mykolaiv region remains one of the most mined areas of Ukraine.

This was reported by the State Emergency Service of Mykolaiv region.

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Ukrainian pyrotechnics have found and defused 29,855 explosive devices. More than 14,000 pyrotechnics and identifiers were involved in these works. They have already cleared a total area of 12,066 hectares using both manual and mechanized methods.

The sappers of Mykolaiv region received a Mines Eye aerial reconnaissance system that will help them detect ammunition and explosive devices in the region more effectively. The project is being implemented under the United Nations Development Program in Ukraine with financial support from the Government of Luxembourg.

The system combines magnetometry with high-precision aerial and infrared imagery to remotely survey large areas of territory contaminated by war remnants. Over the past five months, sappers trained under the UNDP program have surveyed more than 360 hectares of hazardous and potentially contaminated areas in Mykolaiv and Kharkiv oblasts.

In the future, the Mines Eye system is planned to be fully integrated into the work of SES units across Ukraine, particularly in areas with difficult terrain, high levels of pollution and limited access.

Earlier, Ukraine launched an initiative for effective demining called Life Robots Ukraine. The project focuses on two types of robots: the first to deliver goods to the war zone, and the second to safely disarm mines. One of the most affordable Ukrainian robots is capable of destroying mines mechanically, using special chains that create pressure on the ground. The explosions do not disable the machine, and the operator is kept at a safe distance.

Катерина Глушко