About 30.5 thousands of hectares of farmland self-proclaimed people's Republic of Lugansk in need of clearance, told the correspondent of RIA Novosti, the Minister of agriculture and food Yuri Roshchupkin.

- Mines in the fields a very complicated issue. At the beginning, the area was estimated at 10 thousand hectares. Today, when we have analyzed, the area in which there are different types of ammunition, approximately 30,5 thousand hectares. This is a concern. From this square you can gather about 140 thousand tons of winter wheat, - quotes Agency roschupkina.

The Minister noted that the issue of mine action should be solved urgently, because until may land overgrown with weeds.