More than 40% of Ukraine is now mined, according to one estimate. Sky News speaks to an expert about why landmines are used and how difficult they are to clean up.
A broad spectrum of mines have been deployed in Ukraine including some that had never been seen in combat before.
More recently, Russian forces have placed victim-activated booby traps as they retreated from towns they had occupied during the early weeks of the full-scale invasion. Between 24 February, 2022 and 10 January, 2023 - less than one year - there have been 611 known mine-related casualties.two Ukrainian soldiers who had amputations were fitted with state-of-the-art bionic armsAs well as directly causing injury and death, mines can render swathes of land inaccessible or more dangerous.
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