Currently, about 156,000 square kilometres, or 26% of Ukraine's territory, are potentially dangerous due to Russian mine terror.
"We are striving to create an effective demining market, attract maximum innovation, and establish mass production of equipment so that the process of clearing Russian minefields takes years, not decades," Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said at a government meeting.
According to him, since the beginning of the year, more than 80,000 hectares of land have been surveyed, of which 74,000 hectares have been returned to operation.
Thirty-four mine action operators have been certified, and dozens more are in the process of being certified.In total, about 750 pyrotechnic teams are engaged in demining.
He added that the International Coalition for Humanitarian Demining has raised more than $700 million to develop Ukrainian demining vehicles. Two certified domestic vehicles are already involved in demining, and the third is being tested.