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UNDP official: about 132,076 sq km of Ukrainian land contaminated; agency outlines clearance plans
Summary
A UNDP official described widespread contamination in Ukraine—about 132,076 square kilometers of land and roughly 14,000 square kilometers of water—and outlined UNDP support including an AI prioritization tool (GRIT), training veterans for mine action, use of technical survey dogs, and support for commercial mine-action and local industry.
An Agency official from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said Ukraine has been contaminated since the Second World War and that contamination has grown with the recent conflict. “Ukraine has been contaminated since the second World War,” the official said, adding that “very heavily, and all of Ukraine pretty much is contaminated in some way or other.”
The official cited the latest figures for the scale of contamination: “The latest figure of contaminated land is about 132,076 square kilometers,” and “also, 14,000 square kilometers of water” are affected, according to the UNDP representative. The speaker said frontline areas and occupied territory…
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