It will take tens of years to mine the territories of Donbass, since there are hundreds of thousands of mines and ammunition along the line of contact that have not been broken.

This was stated in an interview to Defense Express by the deputy commander of the OOS, the head of security of the TKG group, Bogdan Bondar, Ukrinform reports..

" Because along the line of contact there are thousands and hundreds of thousands of mines and those ammunition that did not explode. Russia supplies everything there. First of all, it’s an illiquid asset, which may even be supplied for recycling on Ukrainian soil. Secondly - modern samples are used there. Including mines that are prohibited by international convention. The Russian side intentionally at the time did NOT sign and did not agree to their destruction. Now they deliver them to temporarily controlled areas of Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine. This is recycling.

In some positions that we cleared, literally on several tens of square meters 300-400 min. Among them are anti-personnel and anti-tank, "

Answering a question about the state of the economy in the occupied part of Donbass, Bondar noted that a significant part of the enterprises are not working or are completely destroyed, or partially cut for scrap by Russia. In addition, the flooding of mines sharply raise the issue of ecology. Given that Russia is not ready to invest in the development of this region, then, according to Cooper, "