US Grants Millions of Dollars for Landmine Removal Training in Ukraine

Tetra Tech, Inc., located in Pasadena, California, received $47.6 million from the US government to provide training for Ukrainians to dispose of mines and explosives left behind by the Russian invasion.

“These explosive hazards block access to farmland, impede reconstruction efforts, prevent displaced people from returning to their homes, and continue to kill and maim innocent Ukrainian civilians,” the State Department said in a statement Tuesday.

The significant monetary award will help Tetra Tech strengthen kyiv’s capabilities to clean up the dangerous artifacts.

Estimates from the Ukrainian government put at least 160,000 square kilometers the extension of its territory that could be strewn with mines and explosives after being invaded by Russia on February 24, 2022.

The investment that the United States has made since 1993 to date in the matter of “safe removal of landmines and explosive weapons of war” amounts to 4.7 billion dollars as the main sponsor of the destruction of conventional weapons in the world, reported State.

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