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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Katharine Hay

Mine clearance charity marks six months of Ukraine war with special visit

A Scottish mine clearance charity marked six months since the start of the war in Ukraine as the British ambassador met with one of the country’s first, female, landmine-clearance experts.

Melinda Simmons visited a minefield in a forest near Brovary, north east of Kyiv, on Monday where mine removal experts, or deminers, were at work.

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