Ukraine to receive $6 million from the US for the demining of Donbas
The US will allocate $ 6 million to Ukraine for the demining of the Donbas, as reported by the Director of the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement of the Bureau of Political and Military Affairs of the US State Department, Stanley Brown, Radio Liberty reports.
"We have a number of programs in Ukraine. First of all, the USA is implementing the Partnership for Peace program, in the framework of which we are destroying ammunition left over from the Soviet times. At the same time, the US is funding demining programs along the demarcation line. We are providing $900,000 just for this. We also decided to allocate money for projects that will help you set up your own demining center, and will also pay for technical expertise to advise your country," Brown said.
According to him, last year $ 2 million was allocated to Ukraine for these purposes. In this fiscal year, the funds have already amounted to $6 million.
"In addition, we recently sent an emergency team to Ukraine, the Rapid Reaction Force, after the explosions in military depots and figured out how we can help," Brown said.
Also, according to the representative of the State Department, in the future, there are plans to organize joint exercises between the US Armed Forces and the Ukrainian military.
The first deputy head of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission, Alexander Hug, said on Wednesday, January 24th, that observers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) recorded new incidents of mines in the Donbas, which indicates preparation for the escalation of the conflict.