In Switzerland, the Digger Foundation builds mine-clearing robots for Ukraine. A third of the territory would be contaminated by explosives, or four times the area of Switzerland.
Only around ten demining machines are built each year in the world, all manufacturers combined. Last year alone, kyiv requested around sixty machines. Digger will try to produce 6 before December. They have just released 100 million francs over four years for mine clearance in Ukraine. An international conference on the subject will also take place this fall in Geneva.