UN: Donbas has become the region with the most land mines in the world
Donbas has become the region with the most land mines in the world, as stated at a briefing on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine by U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Ursula Mueller.
“Eastern Ukraine is facing problems with protection. It is rapidly becoming one of the region with the most land mines in the world, and if the problem is not resolved, it will stop the region’s development for many years to come. Demining and mine risk education are needed in all conflict-affected areas, especially along the contact line, including checkpoints on the de facto border,” Mueller said.
Earlier, Ukraine's permanent representative to the UN, Volodymyr Yelchenko, said he was confident that the issues in the Donbas would be settled when the peacekeeping contingent was deployed into the conflict zone.
Prior to that, during his visit to Avdiivka, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that he was doing everything to ensure that the peacekeepers were in the Donbas.