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War-affected areas near Kyiv: ongoing struggle to restore normal life

18 June 2022
  • Striking images of damaged multi-storied buildings of Irpin. Project Co-ordinator is paying tribute to suffering of the civilians who were caught in the midst of large-scale hostilities. (Andrii Dziubenko/OSCE)
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  • The town of Bucha is surrounded by numerous damaged business facilities that are now in dire need of capital investment, as e.g. this ruined garden supermarket. (Andrii Dziubenko/OSCE)
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  • Heavy fighting left thousands of people with no place to return to. The streets of Borodianka showcase urgent necessity to ensure that affected population has new homes to live in. (Andrii Dziubenko/OSCE)
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  • Local authorities and returning residents in Makariv are in a rush to clear up debris and start restoring houses and damaged infrastructure to resume normal life. (Andrii Dziubenko/OSCE)
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  • Getting back to normal life in the war-affected communities is often a dangerous endeavor. Remnants of a car in Lypivka near Makariv remind of a tragedy that happened when an electricity repair team encountered an anti-vehicle mine. (Andrii Dziubenko/OSCE)
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  • Rocket tail in the field of Lypivka reminds that fields in the area may be contaminated with unexploded ordnance and, therefore, they need to be cleared before it is safe to grow crops. (Andrii Dziubenko/OSCE)
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  • Demining of affected areas need a lot of co-ordination among the variety of agencies, both local and international. Agricultural lands of Lypivka village, near Makariv, are being cleared by international NGO Halo Trust. The Ministry of Defense controls the quality of work and its compliance with the technical requirements and national mine action standards (NMAS). The OSCE in co-operation with other international organizations, national and international operators has helped Ukraine to elaborate and adopt NMAS based on the best international practices and experiences of demining operators in Ukraine. (Andrii Dziubenko/OSCE)
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  • Forests around Kyiv sustained severe damage from shelling and fires, as they were used by the military for a cover in the intense combat. (Andrii Dziubenko/OSCE)
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  • It is not safe to go to forests, as they are contaminated by mines, abandoned munitions and unexploded ordnance. (Andrii Dziubenko/OSCE)
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  • Clearance of forest areas from explosive threats near Myrotske, in Bucha’s community, is a challenging task that is now being performed by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. (Andrii Dziubenko/OSCE)
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  • The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine continues helping the country’s demining agencies to enhance their capacities in clearing the areas affected by war so that local communities could return to normal life. (Andrii Dziubenko/OSCE)
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On Wednesday, 15 June 2022, Ambassador Henrik Villadsen, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator, visited towns and villages that were the epicenter of heavy fighting in February-April in the attempted attack of Russian troops on Kyiv.

The aim of the visit was to get aware of the scope of international assistance needed in the area, including in Makariv, Borodianka, Irpin and Bucha. Even though the focus of the trip was  humanitarian demining, the OSCE is also assisting Ukraine in many other spheres, including  assessment of the environmental damage, addressing chemical security threats, enhancing system of psychosocial rehabilitation of affected popolation and others.