وأضاف monasterisky: "We will not be able to Demining of all those lands, so I asked our international partners and colleagues from European Union The United States will prepare groups of experts to remove mines from combat zones and bombed facilities".
The minister noted that his ministry’s demining equipment was left in Mariupol, the besieged coastal city of 430,000 people that was heavily bombed during most of the war.
Monastirsky also pointed out that one of the biggest challenges facing the Ministry of the Interior is fighting the fires caused by Russian bombing and air strikes, in light of the acute shortage of personnel and equipment, as he described it.
He stressed that the facilities of the Emergency Department in Kharkiv and Mariupol were completely destroyed in the barrage of Russian bombing, stressing that Ukrainian emergency responders urgently need more vehicles and specialized protective equipment.
He continued: "The coming days will exacerbate the humanitarian catastrophe in critical areas. I must say that the civilian casualties exceeded our military losses several times".
Monastirsky spoke of confrontations with "Russian saboteurs" They flocked into the country to target bridges, gas pipelines and other infrastructure facilities, adding: "We know that sabotage is an essential tool in war. Ukrainian forces were able to detect Russian saboteurs by tracking their Russian mobile phones. We reacted immediately by searching the locations where these phones were discovered and acted once morest these groups".
And Monastirsky indicated that the Russian forces tried in the occupied areas to intimidate Ukrainian police That stayed there by visiting their homes and sometimes planting explosives on their doors.
In addition to Russian unexploded ordnance, Ukrainian forces have planted landmines at bridges, airports and other key locations to prevent the Russians from using them, which increases the burden of removing them following the end of the operation. Russian military operation.
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Monastirsky told the Associated Press in an interview on Friday that the country would need Western help to carry out the huge post-war mission.
The Ukrainian official explained: “A large number of shells were fired andmine On Ukraine And not much of it exploded. It remains under the rubble and poses a real threat. It will take years, not months, to dismantle it.”
Monastirsky added: “We will not be able to Demining of all those lands, so I asked our international partners and colleagues from European Union And the United States is preparing groups of experts to remove mines from combat zones and facilities that have been bombed.”
The minister noted that his ministry’s demining equipment was left in Mariupol, the besieged coastal city of 430,000 people that was heavily bombed during most of the war.
Monastirsky also pointed out that one of the biggest challenges facing the Ministry of the Interior is fighting the fires caused by Russian bombing and air strikes, in light of the acute shortage of personnel and equipment, as he described it.
He stressed that the facilities of the Emergency Department in Kharkiv and Mariupol were completely destroyed in the barrage of Russian bombing, stressing that Ukrainian emergency responders urgently need more vehicles and specialized protective equipment.
He continued, “The coming days will exacerbate the humanitarian catastrophe in critical areas. I must say that the civilian casualties exceeded our military losses several times.”
Monastirsky spoke of confrontations with “Russian saboteurs” who flocked into the country to target bridges, gas pipelines and other infrastructure facilities, adding: “We realize that sabotage is an essential tool in the war. Ukrainian forces were able to detect Russian saboteurs by tracing their Russian mobile phones. We reacted immediately. By researching the locations where these phones were discovered and we acted once morest these groups.”
And Monastirsky indicated that the Russian forces tried in the occupied areas to intimidate Ukrainian police That stayed there by visiting their homes and sometimes planting explosives on their doors.
In addition to Russian unexploded ordnance, Ukrainian forces have planted landmines at bridges, airports and other key locations to prevent the Russians from using them, which increases the burden of removing them following the end of the operation. Russian military operation.
