€2 million project: women's teams with trained dogs to clear minefields in Ukraine

The European Union is allocating EUR2 million to fund a new humanitarian mine clearance initiative. The project will be financed through a grant from the European Commission's Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI). Source: Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine

Details: Ukrainian handlers with their trained dogs will be involved in clearing landmines and unexploded ordnance across the country. 

The 16 Belgian Malinois will be the first mine-detection dogs deployed in Ukraine.  Along with 8 Ukrainian women handlers, they underwent intensive five-month training in Cambodia before returning to Ukraine.  Many of the handlers had previously studied dog training at Sumy National Agrarian University.

During the course for mine-detection dog handlers, they also received training in manual mine clearance.

Background: The first farmers in Ukraine applied for compensation for clearing landmines.

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