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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Neil Pooran

Halo Trust to double staff in Ukraine as it faces ‘epochal’ mine clearance

PA Media

The world’s largest demining charity, the Halo Trust, is doubling its staff in Ukraine this year as it faces an “epochal” challenge to clear liberated areas of explosives.

As the one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion approaches, the charity is undertaking a “huge” training programme to expand its staff in the country to around 1,200 this summer.

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