In Ukraine, 426 applications have been submitted by citizens for the demining of agricultural lands under the state compensation program. By 2025, over 1,500 hectares have already been cleared.

This was reported by the head of the Humanitarian Demining Center (HDC), Volodymyr Baida, during a television broadcast, as conveyed by Ukrinform.

“We have made significant progress in the program. To date, we have received 426 applications covering more than 14,000 hectares of agricultural land (previously, only 3,000 hectares were cleared over three years).

We have already conducted 65 auctions, with contracts signed totaling 835 million UAH for the program. As for the cleared areas, more than 1,500 hectares have been liberated this year,” he stated.

According to Baida, 3 billion UAH was allocated for the program in 2025.

“Farmers are much more active this year. If last year only eight out of 85 operators participated in the auctions, now about 20 are involved,” Baida noted.

He clarified that 110 out of 235 applications this year were rejected due to the lack of non-technical land surveys.