More than one thousand days into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, landmine and explosive remnants of war (ERW) contamination on Ukrainian farmland remains a complex and pervasive challenge for Ukraine’s farmers and government, its allies, and the global mine action community.
Yet progress, both in survey and clearance operations and in coordinating support among Ukraine’s partners, has been substantial since the December 2023 publication of the CSIS report, From the Ground Up: Demining Farmland and Improving Access to Fertilizer to Restore Ukraine’s Agricultural Production.
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Source: CSIS
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