Japan donates vehicles and demining equipment to Ukraine

Japan donates vehicles and demining equipment to Ukraine

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Ukrainian rescuers have received humanitarian demining equipment from Japan. The equipment will significantly speed up the process of humanitarian demining and make it safer for sappers

Ukrainian rescuers received equipment for humanitarian demining from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Shabondama Soap Co., Ltd.2 company. The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ihor Klymenko, said this, UNN reports.

Details

Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko thanked the Government of Japan and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine Matsuda Kuninori for their assistance to the rescuers.

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The Interior Minister stressed that Japan systematically transfers technical equipment, vehicles, and demining machines to Ukraine. 

40 special vehicles, 50 hand-held mine detectors, as well as containers and fire extinguishing liquid. The equipment provided to us by Japan today will significantly speed up the process of humanitarian demining and make it safer for pyrotechnics

- Klymenko said

Addendum 

In turn, First Deputy Foreign Minister of Japan Kiyoto Tsuji emphasized that they would continue to actively cooperate with Ukraine in the field of demining and share their experience. 

Ukraine and Japan share common values, so our country will continue to support Ukraine and those who are fighting for its future, making every effort

- said First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Kiyoto Tsuji.
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The Ukrainian minister emphasized that despite constant Russian shelling, the SES units destroy explosive devices every day. Rescuers are doing everything to ensure that civilians can safely return to their homes.

To recap

Since the beginning of the week, sappers have defused almost 3,000 explosive devices. Ukraine has been demining its territory since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, and over 87,000 explosive devices have been found and defused to date.

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