What areas in Ukraine have already been demined and how much agricultural land has been returned to use

Since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine, 40,700 square kilometers of territory have been returned to active use. Of this area, 15.1 thousand hectares comprise agricultural lands that have been cleared within the framework of the state program "Humanitarian Demining." This was reported by Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko. Ukraine remains the most mine-contaminated country in the world "On the International Day of Awareness of Mine Action, we confirm: Ukraine remains the most mine-contaminated country in the world with over 130,000 km² of potentially dangerous territories. The most affected areas are Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Donetsk regions," the Government Portal reported. At the same time, the government emphasizes new approaches to demining. Ukrainian experts are implementing modern technologies and involving domestically produced robotic complexes, which allows for optimizing and reducing the cost of the demining process. In 2026, the government ...