The Japanese authorities are coordinating the issue of holding training sessions for Ukrainian sappers in Poland in July using modern equipment for detecting mines, according to the Sankei Shimbun newspaper on April 28, Report informs referring to TASS.
The training is organized by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) with the involvement of Cambodian experts, government sources said.
At the end of April, Tokyo handed over to Kyiv four Japanese ALIS installations, which make it possible to find mines with a high degree of accuracy. They will be used for training specialists of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. These devices are actively used in Cambodia, which has significant experience in the disposal of unexploded ordnance after years of civil wars and armed clashes.
Ukrainian experts have already completed the first stage of training in Japan and Cambodia at the beginning of this year. At the end of March, Tokyo approved another $470 million aid package to Kyiv, which will be partly used for demining programs. According to JICA, mines and unexploded ordnance can be located on the territory of Ukraine on an area of up to 174,000 square kilometers which corresponds to about 30% of the country’s territory.