In the eastern Ukrainian village of Kamyanka, residents are harvesting mines as well as potatoes as they try to rebuild their lives from the ruins left behind after fierce fighting and massive destruction
Kamyanka is outside Izium, a rail junction and focal point of the Ukrainian counter-offensive that recaptured swathes of land in the northeast of the country.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com"We heat with wood from ammunition boxes," Nataliya Zdorovets, 64, told Reuters as she cooked on a makeshift outdoor stove, surrounded by an array of metal pots.
Zdorovets said her family was confined to the cellar to stay safe from daily air strikes after Russian forces advanced on the town a week after the invasion in late February. Ukrainian forces recaptured the village on Sept. 11. "We dug them out with a shovel with a four-metre handle and took then to a visible place, pointed them out to the soldiers," said Nataliya's son Yuriy, pointing to one of the mines.There is no immediate prospect of heating or electricity in the Zdorovets' home as the weather turns colder.
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