Since the beginning of hostilities, 42 children have been killed on mines, 109 others have been injured. Such data was brought today by the head of the coordinating group on mine action of the headquarters of the ATU colonel Sergey Zubarevsky.

According to Zubarevsky, today the most vulnerable are settlements near the contact line in the area of ??ATO in the so-called "gray zone". To explode on a mine can be anywhere - a risk zone can be virtually any place on either side of the line of demarcation.

According to preliminary estimates of specialists, the territory of Donetsk and Lugansk regions, which is to be cleared of explosive objects, reaches 700 thousand. Hectares. For the complete purification of the territory of Donbass needs from 10 to 15 years, the press service of the Ministry of Defense.

"During the ATO, the mine clearing groups of the engineering divisions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine found, seized and destroyed almost 150 thousand. Explosive objects, 3000 hectares of territories were cleared, "Zubarevsky said.. - At the same time, this year we plan to clear 94 more sites, which are located 20 kilometers from the contact line. It is more than 1000 hectares ».

Recall, according to UNICEF estimates, more than 200 thousand. Children of Donetsk and Lugansk regions - this is every fourth child living in the occupied and front-line territories.