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A spokesman for the Ukrainian government’s emergency services department said on June 24 that it would take at least 10 years to remove all landmines and explosives in the country following the war with Russia. The photo was taken on April 21 by an engineer working on landmine detection in Kyiv. Photo provided by the Office of the President of Ukraine (2022 Archyde.com / Mykola Tymchenko)

[Kyiv (Kiev) 24th Archyde.com]–A spokesman for the emergency services department of the Ukrainian government said on the 24th that it would take at least 10 years to remove all landmines and explosives in the country following the war with Russia.

So far, thousands of explosives have been removed, including 2000 bombs dropped in the air on 620 square kilometers of land, but regarding 300,000 square kilometers may still be “contaminated.”

This is regarding half the territory of Ukraine and is regarding the same area as Italy.

A spokesman said it was unclear what the current fighting area would be like and that 10 years is an optimistic number. Priority will be given to the removal of infrastructure such as roads and residential areas, but the removal of forests, rivers and coastal areas will take longer.