856
Personnel trained
Across six regions of Ukraine.
Impact
Results from the field.
People trained. Land surveyed by drone. Hazards located. Communities reached.
Measured impact
2025 in the field.
Throughout 2025, IGR delivered training, aerial survey, community engagement, and humanitarian support across Ukraine.
The figures below reflect that work: people trained for high-risk operations, land surveyed, explosive hazards identified, and communities reached.
2025 activity results
2025 in numbers.
Reported results from IGR activities across Ukraine.
5,117,223m²
Area surveyed by drone
Land assessed through aerial survey for explosive threats.
392
Explosive hazards located
Threats identified through field activity.
365
Community engagement beneficiaries
People reached through direct engagement.
1,100
Humanitarian response beneficiaries
People supported through response activity.
Behind the numbers
What the work accomplished.
Training strengthened the people doing the work. Drone survey identified where threats remained. Community and humanitarian support reached people living with the consequences.
Aerial survey
Identifying where threats remain.
IGR surveyed more than 5.1 million square metres by drone and located 392 explosive hazards, giving responders and authorities clearer information for planning and safer access.
Training
Strengthening the teams doing the work.
The 856 personnel trained across six regions in 2025 returned to their units and organizations with practical skills they could apply and share.
Community and humanitarian response
Connecting field operations to people.
IGR reached 1,465 people through community engagement and humanitarian response, addressing safety, access, and immediate needs alongside technical fieldwork.
Where training reached
Six regions. 856 people trained.
IGR delivered training across western, central, northern, and eastern Ukraine, with the largest concentrations in Kharkiv and Chernihiv.
Independent evidence
The work is documented beyond IGR.
Official announcements from Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence and the OSCE, together with independent reporting and interviews, document the programs, field experience, and operating environment connected to IGR’s work.
Official program result · OSCE
Ukrainian demining personnel trained with OSCE and EU support
Confirms the IMAS-aligned EOD course and participating Ukrainian demining agencies.
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Official announcement · Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
Veterans of NATO member-state armies will train Ukrainian sappers
Documents the launch and purpose of the OSCE-supported EOD training initiative.
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IGR in the media · UNITED24 Media
Is modern technology enough to free Ukraine from landmines?
Features Stu Miller’s field perspective and documents the incident that injured Monty.
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Sector context · Euromaidan Press
Ukraine deploys demining drones in the battle for the Dnipro
Reporting on contamination, operational risk, and emerging approaches to clearance.
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Podcast · Cleared Hot
Michael Montoya: I Left My Foot in Ukraine
Monty discusses his EOD career, the June 2023 landmine incident, recovery, and the work that became IGR.
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Video coverage · UNITED24 Media
Western veterans demining Ukraine
Watch the video interview on IGR’s field work and the operating environment in Ukraine.
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