Ukraine's demined area is almost the size of Belgium
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US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Verma spoke at the ReBuild Ukraine conference in Warsaw. According to him, Ukraine has already demined an area almost as large as Belgium.
This was reported by Novyny.LIVE.
Demining of the territories of Ukraine
According to Verma, last month the United States allocated an additional $100 million to Ukraine for demining. And the area of demined territories has reached the size of Belgium.
"Today I announced $100 million for cybersecurity, but you know that last month we also allocated $100 million for demining efforts," he said.
The State Department representative noted that the total amount of assistance directed specifically to demining has already reached almost $300 million.
Earlier, Lithuania handed over the first batch of aid as part of the demining coalition. Ukraine received 230 pickup trucks and 240 metal detectors.
We also wrote that Lithuanian Defense Minister Laurinas Kasciunas came to personally hand over new aid to Ukraine.
