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International Mine Action Day: Ukraine's achievements and challenges
February 17, 2025
International Mine Action Day: Ukraine's achievements and challenges

The Ministry of Economy is launching a coordination platform for innovation in humanitarian demining. The platform is designed to consolidate efforts of government, international organisations, the pr...

Farmer from Kharkiv region: 'Thanks to demining, I can cultivate my land again'
February 14, 2025
Farmer from Kharkiv region: 'Thanks to demining, I can cultivate my land again'

Innovation in mine action: a two-day innovation session was held in Kyiv. The session brought together developers, operators, researchers, and government representatives to discuss and evaluate innova...

Innovative approaches to demining: drones and AI in mine action
February 13, 2025
Innovative approaches to demining: drones and AI in mine action

Sheriff Demining is beginning to train veterans in mine action. The company is launching a training programme that will give military veterans the opportunity to retrain as civilian mine action specia...

HDC expanded the list of mine action operators for the compensation program
February 12, 2025
HDC expanded the list of mine action operators for the compensation program

Kyivstar and "Come Back Alive" raised more than 106 million hryvnias for demining the country. The fundraising campaign took place within the framework of the "Nam Tut Zhyty" ("We Live Here") initiati...

Results of humanitarian demining for December 2024
February 11, 2025
Results of humanitarian demining for December 2024

In January, farmers received 640 hectares of land, the demining of which was compensated by the state. This was announced by Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister — Minister of Economy of Ukr...

Mine action awareness campaign launched in schools across Ukraine
February 3, 2025
Mine action awareness campaign launched in schools across Ukraine

The Ministry of Economy is beginning preparations for the Conference on Mine Action in Ukraine. The conference will bring together representatives of dozens of countries and international organisation...

Agricultural land demining in November: over 22,000 hectares returned to farmers
February 3, 2025
Agricultural land demining in November: over 22,000 hectares returned to farmers

Mine action operators have cleared three more plots of agricultural land. The clearance was performed within the framework of the state programme for compensating the cost of demining agricultural lan...

Ukraine and Japan strengthen cooperation in humanitarian demining
January 31, 2025
Ukraine and Japan strengthen cooperation in humanitarian demining

The certification of mine action operators has accelerated twofold, Ihor Bezkaravainyi announced. The Deputy Minister of Economy reported that thanks to the optimisation of administrative procedures, ...

Over 3,000 hectares cleared in October under the state compensation program
January 23, 2025
Over 3,000 hectares cleared in October under the state compensation program

This year's acceptance of applications from farmers for participation in the programme for compensating the cost of agricultural land demining has begun. Farmers whose land is contaminated or potentia...

New demining technologies presented at the international exhibition
January 22, 2025
New demining technologies presented at the international exhibition

Innovative financing of humanitarian demining was discussed at Davos. The topic was raised during the World Economic Forum within the framework of discussions on the recovery of Ukraine. "At Davos, we...

Ministry of Economy opened the first demining auction: operators compete for state contracts
January 18, 2025
Ministry of Economy opened the first demining auction: operators compete for state contracts

The State Emergency Service has received three pyrotechnic machines from Slovenia for humanitarian demining. The equipment will strengthen the Service's capacity for clearing territories from explosiv...

First demining operators began working under the state compensation program
January 17, 2025
First demining operators began working under the state compensation program

The first plot has been cleared within the framework of the agricultural land demining compensation programme. This is a milestone that marks the transition of the programme from the organisational ph...