Polish police assisted in demining the de-occupied territories of Ukraine

For five months, Polish sappers were involved in demining the de-occupied territory of Ukraine.

The mission was classified because of the possible danger to the specialists. It is reported that 98 Polish police officers worked in Ukraine, and now, they have returned to Poland.

Mariusz Kamiński, Polish Interior Minister, reported this.

“Together with President Andrzej Duda, I welcome and personally thank the 98 Polish police officers who, for several months, were clearing the territories left by the Russian invaders. Our brave policemen are already back in the country,” he wrote on Twitter.

Jutro wraz z Prezydentem @AndrzejDuda przywitam i osobiście podziękuję 98 funkcjonariuszom @PolskaPolicja, którzy przez kilka miesięcy na Ukrainie rozminowywali tereny opuszczone przez rosyjskich okupantów. Nasi dzielni Policjanci są już w kraju.

— Mariusz Kamiński (@Kaminski_M_) February 22, 2023

Wiadomosci reported that the decision to send Polish specialists to Ukraine was made after the Ukrainian government appealed to the ATLAS group members – a police task force that unites special anti-terrorist units of the EU.

It is reported that only Poland responded to the request since other countries decided that the task was too dangerous.

The Polish Ministry of the Interior has formed a humanitarian contingent from the counter-terrorism police unit officers.

Only volunteers who were supposed to be on duty at the place of work and members of the combat groups who provided protection to the Polish mission went to Ukraine.

Additionally, two dogs trained to detect explosives worked with sappers.

In total, the police humanitarian contingent checked over 342,000 square meters of territory. More than 17,500 meters of roads were also cleared.

Recently, it was announced that Canada will additionally allocate 7.5 million Canadian dollars to Ukraine for demining and training Ukrainian specialists.