Organization for Security and Co-operation in EuropeOSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine
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Cleaning-up explosive remnants of war
Areas contaminated with explosive remnants of war are a serious problem in Ukraine whose territory was the arena for intense war battles in World War II. Significant areas around the cities of Kerch and Sevastopol, former Soviet military outposts on the Crimean coast, and near city of Bila Tserkva of the Kyiv Region, are among the most heavily contaminated.
Since 2010, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator (PCU) in Ukraine has been enhancing capacity of the country’s Emergency Situations Ministry to clear contaminated areas in a safe and effective way. The PCU has been providing the Ministry’s Explosive Ordnance Detection units on site with up-to-date equipment for explosive ordnance detection, personal protective, as well as the required training.
This project has been supported by Denmark, Germany, Ireland and the United States.
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Photo 1 of 12Samples of explosive remnants of war found in Inkerman cave near Sevastopol, Crimea, September 2009. (OSCE/Rene BeBeau) -
Photo 2 of 12Descending into the destroyed Inkerman cave, Sevastopol, Crimea, September 2009. (OSCE/Rene BeBeau) -
Photo 3 of 12Member of an OSCE delegation examine the Inkerman cave collapse, Sevastopol, Crimea, September 2009. (OSCE/Rene BeBeau) -
Photo 4 of 12An EUCOM explosives expert with a Soviet shell, Inkerman, Sevastopol, Crimea, September 2009. (OSCE/Rene BeBeau) -
Photo 5 of 12Hospitalna Mountain where the collapsed Inkerman cave is located, Sevastopol, Crimea, September 2009. (OSCE/ Rene BeBeau) -
Photo 6 of 12Excavated Soviet World War II rifle ammunition, Kerch Fortress, Crimea, September 2009. (OSCE/Rene BeBeau) -
Photo 7 of 12World War II ordnance recovered from the sea near the city of Kerch, Crimea, September 2009. (OSCE/Rene BeBeau) -
Photo 8 of 12Demining diver with recovered ordnance, Kerch, Crimea, September 2009. (OSCE/Rene BeBeau) -
Photo 9 of 12Ukraine’s Emergency Situations Minister Viktor Baloga (l) and Ambassador Lubomir Kopaj, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (r), sign a donation agreement during a ceremony to hand over bullet proof vests and helmets, Kyiv, 18 March 2011. (OSCE/Oksana Polyuga) -
Photo 10 of 12A pyrotechnic specialist from Ukraine's Emergency Situations Ministry at a ceremony for the donation of personal protective equipment by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, Kyiv, 18 March 2011. (OSCE/Oksana Polyuga) -
Photo 11 of 12Pyrotechnic specialists from Ukraine's Emergency Situations Ministry at a ceremony for the donation of personal protective equipment by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, Kyiv, 18 March 2011. (OSCE/Oksana Polyuga) -
Photo 12 of 12Close-up of the explosive ordnance detection equipment donated by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine to the country’s Emergency Situations Ministry. (OSCE)
