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Ukraine presented its experience at the International Mine Action Conference in Dubrovnik
May 20, 2025
Ukraine presented its experience at the International Mine Action Conference in Dubrovnik

"Pathways to Resilience" in Ukraine: problems and solutions for victims of explosive ordnance were discussed. The event brought together representatives of the government, international organisations,...

Demining machines on display: DOK-ING and GCS presented their equipment in Ukraine
May 19, 2025
Demining machines on display: DOK-ING and GCS presented their equipment in Ukraine

Innovation for demining: Ukrainian developers presented new unmanned systems for survey and acceleration of territory clearance. The presentation showcased the latest achievements of the Ukrainian tec...

Ukraine and New Zealand discussed cooperation in mine action
May 16, 2025
Ukraine and New Zealand discussed cooperation in mine action

The certification of mine action operators will become simpler: the Government has approved important changes. The changes are aimed at reducing bureaucratic barriers while maintaining high safety sta...

South Korea expressed interest in developing demining technologies for Ukraine
May 15, 2025
South Korea expressed interest in developing demining technologies for Ukraine

The Ministry of Economy and the Serhiy Prytula Foundation are joining forces to accelerate humanitarian demining in Ukraine. The partnership aims to mobilise additional resources and public engagement...

Italian demining companies are entering the Ukrainian market
May 15, 2025
Italian demining companies are entering the Ukrainian market

Progress in implementing the National Mine Action Strategy: a two-day workshop was held in Kyiv. The workshop brought together representatives of all key stakeholders to review the progress of strateg...

The first mine action Forum in Prague: Ukraine shared its experience with European partners
May 10, 2025
The first mine action Forum in Prague: Ukraine shared its experience with European partners

Over 1,500,000 dollars for demining: the United24 platform's "Step by Step" fundraising campaign has been closed. The collected funds will be directed to clearing critical infrastructure and social fa...

Demining funding reaches record level: over 500 million UAH allocated for the compensation program
May 9, 2025
Demining funding reaches record level: over 500 million UAH allocated for the compensation program

The first heavy remotely operated demining system in Ukraine, HART 5100, has received a certificate of conformity. The machine, fully developed and produced in Ukraine, successfully passed all the req...

Compensation program for demining agricultural land: how it works
May 9, 2025
Compensation program for demining agricultural land: how it works

In April, farmers received nearly 300 more hectares of land demined at the state's expense. The clearance was performed within the framework of the state compensation programme for the cost of deminin...

Humanitarian demining: results for March
May 5, 2025
Humanitarian demining: results for March

More than 600,000 craters from shells and missiles: scientists have studied the de-occupied territories of Mykolaiv and Kherson regions. The study was conducted using satellite imagery and geospatial ...

Minister's advisory group on mine action held its meeting
May 5, 2025
Minister's advisory group on mine action held its meeting

Today, 5 May, Kyiv hosted the first-ever AI Labeling Sprint hackathon — a practical stage of the initiative to create a training dataset for detecting explosive ordnance using drones and artificial in...

France becomes the 11th country to support Ukraine under the humanitarian demining framework
May 1, 2025
France becomes the 11th country to support Ukraine under the humanitarian demining framework

Prioritisation in humanitarian demining: Ukrainian developers have created a platform with over 100 datasets. The platform aggregates and analyses data from multiple sources to produce evidence-based ...

Denmark handed over demining vehicles to the SESU for clearing de-occupied territories
April 29, 2025
Denmark handed over demining vehicles to the SESU for clearing de-occupied territories

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has established a cross-faction parliamentary group «Mine Action», which includes 13 Members of Parliament representing various factions and groups. The group aims to con...