By superimposing Ukraine’s modern cadastral map on the public map of Ukraine, it became clear this summer that 5 million hectares of farmland were moved from state ownership to private ownership since Independence

By superimposing Ukraine’s modern cadastral map on the public map of Ukraine, it became clear this summer that 5 million hectares of farmland were moved from state ownership to private ownership since Independence, says Roman Leshchenko, head of the State Service for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadaster. Participating in the “Land to the People” forum in Chernihiv, alongside Zelenskiy, he said his office would soon post online a national land ownership map, completed with owed taxes. After the Oct. 26 land transfer, he said, 750,000 hectares will remain in the hands of the state – for schools, jails, military training grounds, and agricultural colleges and research stations.