Digger Foundation News Today

The Federal Council of Switzerland, at a meeting on Friday, September 29, approved an assistance package in the amount of CHF 100 million (around $109.4 million) to clear mines from civilian and agricultural areas in Ukraine and help with the reconstruction of the country, the press service of the Swiss Embassy in Ukraine and Moldova has said.

Switzerland is taking another step in extending non-lethal aid to Ukraine by providing a state-of-the-art remote-controlled demining machine, the Swiss government said in a message on its website on Aug. 29.

A Swiss remote-controlled mine-clearing machine is ready to be sent to Ukraine, the defence ministry said on Tuesday.

The demining foundation Digger has criticised Switzerlands strict export regulations, which penalise it for supplying material to Ukraine.