Serhii Shmyrov and Pavlo Mykyento move slowly, deliberately, working as a team. Both men wear full-torso body armour and face shields, along with thick jackets. Winter has arrived in northern Ukraine and the wind blows cold across the fields.
Mykyento swings the arm of the South Australian-made metal detector in a broad arc before him. As he moves forward, step by step, Shmyrov follows, marking the narrow corridor they have cleared of landmines and unexploded ordnance with red and white pegs.
