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Lithuania donates equipment to help remove landmines in Ukraine
KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - Minister of Defense of Lithuania Laurynas Kasciunas and Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov (R to L) are pictured during the handover ceremony from the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine of vehicles and demining equipment purchased by the Demining Capability Coalition fund under the leadership of Lithuania and Iceland at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Lithuania donates equipment to help remove landmines in Ukraine
KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - Minister of Defense of Lithuania Laurynas Kasciunas and Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov (R to L) are pictured during the handover ceremony from the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine of vehicles and demining equipment purchased by the Demining Capability Coalition fund under the leadership of Lithuania and Iceland at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Lithuania donates equipment to help remove landmines in Ukraine
KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - Soldiers open the boxes during the handover ceremony from the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine of vehicles and demining equipment purchased by the Demining Capability Coalition fund under the leadership of Lithuania and Iceland at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Lithuania donates equipment to help remove landmines in Ukraine
KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - Soldiers look at a mine detector during the handover ceremony from the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine of vehicles and demining equipment purchased by the Demining Capability Coalition fund under the leadership of Lithuania and Iceland at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Lithuania donates equipment to help remove landmines in Ukraine
KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - Minister of Defense of Lithuania Laurynas Kasciunas and Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov (R to L) are pictured during the handover ceremony from the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine of vehicles and demining equipment purchased by the Demining Capability Coalition fund under the leadership of Lithuania and Iceland at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Lithuania donates equipment to help remove landmines in Ukraine
KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - Servicemen unbox mine detectors during the handover ceremony from the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine of vehicles and demining equipment purchased by the Demining Capability Coalition fund under the leadership of Lithuania and Iceland at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Lithuania donates equipment to help remove landmines in Ukraine
KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - Minister of Defense of Lithuania Laurynas Kasciunas and Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov (R to L) are pictured during the handover ceremony from the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine of vehicles and demining equipment purchased by the Demining Capability Coalition fund under the leadership of Lithuania and Iceland at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Lithuania donates equipment to help remove landmines in Ukraine
KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - Minister of Defense of Lithuania Laurynas Kasciunas speaks during the handover ceremony from the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine of vehicles and demining equipment purchased by the Demining Capability Coalition fund under the leadership of Lithuania and Iceland at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Lithuania donates equipment to help remove landmines in Ukraine
KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - Soldiers open the boxes during the handover ceremony from the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine of vehicles and demining equipment purchased by the Demining Capability Coalition fund under the leadership of Lithuania and Iceland at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Lithuania donates equipment to help remove landmines in Ukraine
KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - Cars are pictured during the handover ceremony from the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine of vehicles and demining equipment purchased by the Demining Capability Coalition fund under the leadership of Lithuania and Iceland at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Lithuania donates equipment to help remove landmines in Ukraine
KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - The logo of the Demining Capability Coalition fund which purchased demining equipment is seen during the handover ceremony from the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Lithuania donates equipment to help remove landmines in Ukraine
KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - A soldier holds a mine detector during the handover ceremony from the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine of vehicles and demining equipment purchased by the Demining Capability Coalition fund under the leadership of Lithuania and Iceland at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Lithuania donates equipment to help remove landmines in Ukraine
KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov speaks during the handover ceremony from the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine of vehicles and demining equipment purchased by the Demining Capability Coalition fund under the leadership of Lithuania and Iceland at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Lithuania donates equipment to help remove landmines in Ukraine
KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - Cars are pictured during the handover ceremony from the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine of vehicles and demining equipment purchased by the Demining Capability Coalition fund under the leadership of Lithuania and Iceland at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Lithuania donates equipment to help remove landmines in Ukraine
KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - A soldier holds a mine detector during the handover ceremony from the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine of vehicles and demining equipment purchased by the Demining Capability Coalition fund under the leadership of Lithuania and Iceland at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Lithuania donates equipment to help remove landmines in Ukraine
KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - A soldier holds a mine detector during the handover ceremony from the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine of vehicles and demining equipment purchased by the Demining Capability Coalition fund under the leadership of Lithuania and Iceland at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Lithuania donates equipment to help remove landmines in Ukraine
KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov speaks during the handover ceremony from the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine of vehicles and demining equipment purchased by the Demining Capability Coalition fund under the leadership of Lithuania and Iceland at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Lithuania donates equipment to help remove landmines in Ukraine
KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - A soldier holds a mine detector during the handover ceremony from the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine of vehicles and demining equipment purchased by the Demining Capability Coalition fund under the leadership of Lithuania and Iceland at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Lithuania donates equipment to help remove landmines in Ukraine
KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - Minister of Defense of Lithuania Laurynas Kasciunas speaks during the handover ceremony from the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine of vehicles and demining equipment purchased by the Demining Capability Coalition fund under the leadership of Lithuania and Iceland at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Lithuania donates equipment to help remove landmines in Ukraine
KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - A soldier holds a mine detector during the handover ceremony from the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine of vehicles and demining equipment purchased by the Demining Capability Coalition fund under the leadership of Lithuania and Iceland at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Lithuania donates equipment to help remove landmines in Ukraine
KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - A soldier holds a mine detector during the handover ceremony from the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine of vehicles and demining equipment purchased by the Demining Capability Coalition fund under the leadership of Lithuania and Iceland at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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'The Russians mined everything': why making Kherson safe could take years.
As Ukrainians celebrate the region's liberation, deminers begin their huge task.
Before the Russians withdrew, Ukrainian authorities had warned that Moscow was trying to turn Kherson into a "city of death", but now it appears Russian soldiers turned the entire region into a minefield
The roads leading to Kherson are covered with the debris of war, and lined with long, red cordons and signs indicating the presence of minefields every 10 metres.
Inside of a youth detention in Kherson Ukrainian investigators have said was used as a 'torture room' by occupying Russian forces
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'The Russians mined everything': why making Kherson safe could take years.
As Ukrainians celebrate the region's liberation, deminers begin their huge task.
Before the Russians withdrew, Ukrainian authorities had warned that Moscow was trying to turn Kherson into a "city of death", but now it appears Russian soldiers turned the entire region into a minefield
The roads leading to Kherson are covered with the debris of war, and lined with long, red cordons and signs indicating the presence of minefields every 10 metres.
Inside of a youth detention in Kherson Ukrainian investigators have said was used as a 'torture room' by occupying Russian forces
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'The Russians mined everything': why making Kherson safe could take years.
As Ukrainians celebrate the region's liberation, deminers begin their huge task.
Before the Russians withdrew, Ukrainian authorities had warned that Moscow was trying to turn Kherson into a "city of death", but now it appears Russian soldiers turned the entire region into a minefield
The roads leading to Kherson are covered with the debris of war, and lined with long, red cordons and signs indicating the presence of minefields every 10 metres.
Inside a youth detention in Kherson city that Ukrainian investigators said was used as a 'torture room' by occupying Russian forces
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'The Russians mined everything': why making Kherson safe could take years.
As Ukrainians celebrate the region's liberation, deminers begin their huge task.
Before the Russians withdrew, Ukrainian authorities had warned that Moscow was trying to turn Kherson into a "city of death", but now it appears Russian soldiers turned the entire region into a minefield
The roads leading to Kherson are covered with the debris of war, and lined with long, red cordons and signs indicating the presence of minefields every 10 metres.
Locals said they started hearing screams six weeks after Russian forces took over the detention centre
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'The Russians mined everything': why making Kherson safe could take years.
As Ukrainians celebrate the region's liberation, deminers begin their huge task.
Before the Russians withdrew, Ukrainian authorities had warned that Moscow was trying to turn Kherson into a "city of death", but now it appears Russian soldiers turned the entire region into a minefield
The roads leading to Kherson are covered with the debris of war, and lined with long, red cordons and signs indicating the presence of minefields every 10 metres.
Inside a youth detention in Kherson city that Ukrainian investigators said was used as a 'torture room' by occupying Russian forces
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'The Russians mined everything': why making Kherson safe could take years.
As Ukrainians celebrate the region's liberation, deminers begin their huge task.
Before the Russians withdrew, Ukrainian authorities had warned that Moscow was trying to turn Kherson into a "city of death", but now it appears Russian soldiers turned the entire region into a minefield
The roads leading to Kherson are covered with the debris of war, and lined with long, red cordons and signs indicating the presence of minefields every 10 metres.
ìThey would come out beaten up [Ö] completely disoriented,î said Ira (on the left), who owns a kiosk outside the detention centre. ìThey would come in here and ask for directions and we gave them money for the bus.î
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'The Russians mined everything': why making Kherson safe could take years.
As Ukrainians celebrate the region's liberation, deminers begin their huge task.
Before the Russians withdrew, Ukrainian authorities had warned that Moscow was trying to turn Kherson into a "city of death", but now it appears Russian soldiers turned the entire region into a minefield
The roads leading to Kherson are covered with the debris of war, and lined with long, red cordons and signs indicating the presence of minefields every 10 metres.
Local resident Yurii at the kindergarden of the village Posad-Pokrovske.
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'The Russians mined everything': why making Kherson safe could take years.
As Ukrainians celebrate the region's liberation, deminers begin their huge task.
Before the Russians withdrew, Ukrainian authorities had warned that Moscow was trying to turn Kherson into a "city of death", but now it appears Russian soldiers turned the entire region into a minefield
The roads leading to Kherson are covered with the debris of war, and lined with long, red cordons and signs indicating the presence of minefields every 10 metres.
The truck of a team of 10 railway workers at the small village of Posad-Pokrovske, destroyed by an anti-tank mine. One worker lost his legs and the others were taken to hospital.
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'The Russians mined everything': why making Kherson safe could take years.
As Ukrainians celebrate the region's liberation, deminers begin their huge task.
Before the Russians withdrew, Ukrainian authorities had warned that Moscow was trying to turn Kherson into a "city of death", but now it appears Russian soldiers turned the entire region into a minefield
The roads leading to Kherson are covered with the debris of war, and lined with long, red cordons and signs indicating the presence of minefields every 10 metres.
An unexploded devices stick out from the ground – waiting to be defused few metres from the roads leading to Kherson.
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'The Russians mined everything': why making Kherson safe could take years.
As Ukrainians celebrate the region's liberation, deminers begin their huge task.
Before the Russians withdrew, Ukrainian authorities had warned that Moscow was trying to turn Kherson into a "city of death", but now it appears Russian soldiers turned the entire region into a minefield
The roads leading to Kherson are covered with the debris of war, and lined with long, red cordons and signs indicating the presence of minefields every 10 metres.
The roads leading to Kherson, covered with the debris of war, are lined with long, red cordons and signs indicating the presence of minefields every ten meters.
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'The Russians mined everything': why making Kherson safe could take years.
As Ukrainians celebrate the region's liberation, deminers begin their huge task.
Before the Russians withdrew, Ukrainian authorities had warned that Moscow was trying to turn Kherson into a "city of death", but now it appears Russian soldiers turned the entire region into a minefield
The roads leading to Kherson are covered with the debris of war, and lined with long, red cordons and signs indicating the presence of minefields every 10 metres.
Dozens of mines, recovered by sappers, stand in heaps, a few metres from the nearby checkpoints at the roads leading to Kherson.
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Kobleve a small, coastal village, in the region of Mykolaiv infested with hundreds of mines
The beach and sea are infested with hundreds of mines placed by both sides in RussiaÕs war on Ukraine, posing a serious threat to people. The Ukrainian government has banned coastal bathing. Experts agree it will take years to de-mine the Black Sea.
A woman walks on the mined beach of Kobleve
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Danger in every step: the 'chaotic and complex' work of Ukraine’s de-miners
Forests become no-go zones, except for de-mining experts who have warned it will take years to clear threat.
In the forest bordering the village of Zalissia, north-east of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, a yellow painted wooden stake has been driven in the sandy ground next to a tree trunk shredded by a mine.
While Russian trenches and foxholes are still visible among trees, these days the forest is busy with de-mining teams working with the British Halo Trust, a mine-clearing charity.
Even before Russia's full-scale invasion earlier this year, de-miners were confronting a years-long effort to clear mines from Ukraine's east. The country was ranked fifth in the world for civilian casualties caused by mines and in the top three for anti-vehicle mine incidents.
Local de-mining experts are warning that even if the war were to end tomorrow, it will take at least a decade to clear the threat.
Tetyana Sikachina, 31, peels mushrooms to sell to passing motorists. Once a common sight in this part of Ukraine during the autumn months. These mushrooms were collected in the fields behind her house because she is too frightened to go into the forest because of the danger.
September 2022
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Danger in every step: the 'chaotic and complex' work of Ukraine’s de-miners
Forests become no-go zones, except for de-mining experts who have warned it will take years to clear threat.
In the forest bordering the village of Zalissia, north-east of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, a yellow painted wooden stake has been driven in the sandy ground next to a tree trunk shredded by a mine.
While Russian trenches and foxholes are still visible among trees, these days the forest is busy with de-mining teams working with the British Halo Trust, a mine-clearing charity.
Even before Russia's full-scale invasion earlier this year, de-miners were confronting a years-long effort to clear mines from Ukraine's east. The country was ranked fifth in the world for civilian casualties caused by mines and in the top three for anti-vehicle mine incidents.
Local de-mining experts are warning that even if the war were to end tomorrow, it will take at least a decade to clear the threat.
Volodomyr Horbach, 45, in his car workshop in the village of Zalissia at the edge of the forest north east of Kyiv. Like many who have stayed in the badly damaged hamlet he has not gone back into the forest.
September 2022
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Danger in every step: the 'chaotic and complex' work of Ukraine’s de-miners
Forests become no-go zones, except for de-mining experts who have warned it will take years to clear threat.
In the forest bordering the village of Zalissia, north-east of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, a yellow painted wooden stake has been driven in the sandy ground next to a tree trunk shredded by a mine.
While Russian trenches and foxholes are still visible among trees, these days the forest is busy with de-mining teams working with the British Halo Trust, a mine-clearing charity.
Even before Russia's full-scale invasion earlier this year, de-miners were confronting a years-long effort to clear mines from Ukraine's east. The country was ranked fifth in the world for civilian casualties caused by mines and in the top three for anti-vehicle mine incidents.
Local de-mining experts are warning that even if the war were to end tomorrow, it will take at least a decade to clear the threat.
A deminer follows a mine tripwire where it runs into the forest. Almost invisible to the naked eye and hidden among the leafmeal on the forest floor booby traps left by retreating Russian forces earlier this year are one of the risks in the forest as well as unexploded ordinance and anti-tank mines.
September 2022
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Danger in every step: the 'chaotic and complex' work of Ukraine’s de-miners
Forests become no-go zones, except for de-mining experts who have warned it will take years to clear threat.
In the forest bordering the village of Zalissia, north-east of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, a yellow painted wooden stake has been driven in the sandy ground next to a tree trunk shredded by a mine.
While Russian trenches and foxholes are still visible among trees, these days the forest is busy with de-mining teams working with the British Halo Trust, a mine-clearing charity.
Even before Russia's full-scale invasion earlier this year, de-miners were confronting a years-long effort to clear mines from Ukraine's east. The country was ranked fifth in the world for civilian casualties caused by mines and in the top three for anti-vehicle mine incidents.
Local de-mining experts are warning that even if the war were to end tomorrow, it will take at least a decade to clear the threat.
After checking for tripwires a deminer uses a mine detector to sweep a narrow area in front of him. The nature of the heavily wooded forest north east of Kyiv means that mine clearance activities are slow and laborious.
September 2022
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Danger in every step: the 'chaotic and complex' work of Ukraine’s de-miners
Forests become no-go zones, except for de-mining experts who have warned it will take years to clear threat.
In the forest bordering the village of Zalissia, north-east of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, a yellow painted wooden stake has been driven in the sandy ground next to a tree trunk shredded by a mine.
While Russian trenches and foxholes are still visible among trees, these days the forest is busy with de-mining teams working with the British Halo Trust, a mine-clearing charity.
Even before Russia's full-scale invasion earlier this year, de-miners were confronting a years-long effort to clear mines from Ukraine's east. The country was ranked fifth in the world for civilian casualties caused by mines and in the top three for anti-vehicle mine incidents.
Local de-mining experts are warning that even if the war were to end tomorrow, it will take at least a decade to clear the threat.
A mine warning sign in the forest near the Ukrainian village of Zalissia north east of Kyiv, where Russian forces occupied a frontline position at the beginning of the Kremlin's invasion in March 2022.
September 2022
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FEATURE - Landminen aufspürende Ratte erhält Goldmedaille für Tapferkeit
A rat with a nose for detecting dangerous landmines has been awarded a medal for his bravery.
The tiny creature's work in Cambodia, which has transformed the lives of the country’s citizens, has earned him the PDSA Gold Medal for his life-saving bravery and devotion to duty.
HeroRAT Magawa is a giant pouched rat, trained to detect landmines by charity APOPO. He has discovered 39 landmines and 28 items of unexploded ordnance to date, making him the charity’s most successful HeroRAT.
During his career he has helped clear over 141,000 square metres of land (the equivalent of twenty football pitches), making it safe for local people.
Magawa was formally presented with his unique miniature PDSA Gold Medal – the animal equivalent of the George Cross – via a live link between Cambodia and the UK on September 25th by the vet charity’s Director General. He is the first rat in the charity’s 77 year history of honouring animals to receive a PDSA Medal – joining a line-up of brave dogs, horses, pigeons and a cat.
Commenting on the award, PDSA Director General Jan McLoughlin, said: “The work of HeroRAT Magawa and APOPO is truly unique and outstanding.
“Cambodia estimates that between 4 and 6 million landmines were laid in the country between 1975 and 1998, which have sadly caused over 64,000 casualties.
“HeroRAT Magawa’s work directly saves and changes the lives of men, women and children who are impacted by these landmines. Every discovery he makes reduces the risk of injury or death for local people.
“The PDSA Animal Awards programme seeks to raise the status of animals in society and honour the incredible contribution they make to our lives. Magawa’s dedication, skill and bravery are an extraordinary example of this and deserve the highest possible recognition. We are thrilled to award him the PDSA Gold Medal.”
Where: Trach Village, Siem Reap, Cambodia
When: 02 Oct 2020
Credit: PDSA/Cover Images
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Prince Harry walks through a minefield in Dirico, Angola, during a visit to see the work of landmine clearance charity the Halo Trust, on day five of the royal tour of Africa.
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Prince Harry walks through a minefield in Dirico, Angola, during a visit to see the work of landmine clearance charity the Halo Trust, on day five of the royal tour of Africa.
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Prince Harry walks through a minefield in Dirico, Angola, during a visit to see the work of landmine clearance charity the Halo Trust, on day five of the royal tour of Africa.
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