Who helps with demining Ukrainian fields, and how much it costs

The Swiss government has decided to provide Ukraine with CHF 100 million (UAH 3.98 billion) for humanitarian demining—twice more than Ukraine itself will allocate in the 2024 budget.

The share of foreign financial aid for demining efforts in Ukraine will only increase in the future. Japan, for instance, has provided part of its nearly USD 600 million (UAH 22 billion) grant funds for humanitarian demining.  

Billions of dollars, thousands of deminers

The Ukrainian government has an approximate estimate of all demining work. 174,000 square kilometres of Ukrainian territory is believed to be contaminated with explosive ordinances, and their cleanup will require USD 37 billion, Ukrainian prime minister Denys Shmyhal said last week. This is a huge amount of money, comparable to the annual budget of Ukraine.