“The demining detachments of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations carry out the tasks of clearing the territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics from explosive objects.

In total, 3,896.87 hectares of territory have been checked,” Mizintsev said.

According to him, a little more than 20 hectares were checked per day.

He also specified that a total of 35 buildings were checked, including 13 socially significant objects, two bridges and about 10 km of roads.

At the same time, more than 57 thousand explosive objects were found and neutralized.

Earlier, the LPR announced the presence of thousands of foreign-made mines on the territory of the republic.