Nobody talks about the deadly, buried mines left behind, and nobody cares about the civilians those mines blow up. The late Princess Diana stands out one important personage who did care. From Victor Antonyuk at azerbaycan24.com:
Sappers of Russian private military company Wagner Group carry the discovered TM-62M anti-tank mines for utilisation, as Russia’s military operation in Ukraine continues, near the town of Bakhmut, Donetsk People’s Republic. © Sputnik / Viktor Antonyuk
Ukraine is teeming with explosives that have been placed in the ground. The repercussions of this catastrophe will affect future generations Sappers of Russian private military company Wagner Group carry the discovered TM-62M anti-tank mines for utilisation, as Russia’s military operation in Ukraine continues, near the town of Bakhmut, Donetsk People’s Republic. © Sputnik / Viktor Antonyuk
Since February of last year, when Russia launched its military offensive in the country, mine explosions have killed about 200 civilians in Ukraine, while hundreds more have been injured.
The UN has already called Ukraine the most heavily mined state in the world. Yet the contamination continues to grow because of how positional warfare is carried out. With the conflict far from over, the further laying of explosives could have disastrous consequences,
Deadly traps
Official reports claim that 250,000 square kilometers (almost 62 million acres) of Ukrainian territory have been mined. This is equal to the entirety of the UK (244,000 square kilometers). According to Prime Minister Denis Shmigal, his country has become the world’s largest minefield, which has even spurred the government to create a special center to deal with the fallout.
Experts believe that the situation in Ukraine is worse than in Afghanistan and Syria. The number of unexploded ordnance, anti-personnel, anti-tank, and other mines and explosive shells is estimated to be in the millions of units.
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