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Almost 6,000 hectares of liberated territories were demined in Ukraine in August

Ukrinform

Ukraine

Monday, September 1


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In August 2025, the demining units of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine cleared 5,973.1 hectares of liberated territories contaminated with explosive remnants of war as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation.

As Ukrinform reports, this was reported on Telegram by the Main Department of Mine Action, Civil Protection and Environmental Safety.

In particular, safety has been restored to: 5,653.77 hectares of agricultural land, 7.64 km of roads, 15.09 km of power lines, and 66.94 km of railways.

Mine action specialists have detected and destroyed 8,410 explosive devices (458,714 since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion).

Read also: In the deoccupied Kherson region over 70% of the territory was demined - OVA

It is noted that the authorized units of the central executive authorities that carry out measures to clear the deoccupied territories of explosive remnants of war include demining groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the State Special Transport Service, explosives units of the National Police of Ukraine, and pyrotechnic units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.

As Ukrinform reported, in the Kyiv region, more than 36 thousand hectares of territories were cleared of explosives, including 7.5 thousand hectares of agricultural land.

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