When the Russian army withdrew from northern Ukraine they scattered landmines across fields and left hand-grenades and trip wires in peoples’ homes. More than 28 thousand explosives have already been found. But over 300,000 hectares around Kyiv still need to be painstakingly checked. It is a dangerous process. Explosive ordinance is likely to maim, if not kill, anyone who steps on it. FRANCE 24's reports.
Ukrainian army specialists hunting for explosives left by retreating Russian soldiers have their work cut out. Thousands of hectares of land need to be meticulously checked after Russian forces littered the Ukrainian countryside with landmines.
