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Today, a brutal war of aggression is raging in the heart of Europe. Back in 2014, the Russian Federation invaded the territory of Ukraine, annexed the Crimean Peninsula in violation of international law, and, using the tactics of hybrid warfare, captured part of the Donbass region. For more than 8 years, fierce fighting has been going on in the east of Ukraine, which has led to significant contamination of the territory along the demarcation line with mines and other explosive objects. International humanitarian demining organizations came to the aid of the Ukrainian people, but according to forecasts for 2021, the demining process was supposed to last more than 5 years.
On February 24, 2022, Russia sneakily launched a full-scale war with Ukraine in a huge theater of operations. The Ukrainian people immediately rallied against the Russian occupiers, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine put up a fierce resistance from the first days and were able to stop the invaders, and in some areas to push them away from Ukrainian land. But, currently, hostilities continue, and therefore every day significantly increases the territory of Ukraine that needs demining. It is almost equal in size to three territories of Switzerland. International humanitarian organizations are already deploying additional demining missions on the territory of Ukraine, but at the same time they claim that their help will not be enough and the process may last several decades. With this in mind, in June 2022 a group of Ukrainian specialists in the organization and management of projects, demining and demining organized the Charitable Organization "Ukrainian Mine Action Fund".