For mine-clearers like Volodymyr, every day brings deadly risk, trying to make the ground safe, first for their fellow soldiers to advance, and eventually for civilians to go home.
International partners have also committed to supplying hundreds of metal detectors and pyrotechnic machines, as well as individual demining kits and gear.
Both Russia and Ukraine have made extensive use of anti-personnel and anti-tank mines over the course of the war.
The group called on Ukraine's government to follow through with a commitment made earlier this month not to employ such weapons.
From the conflicts in Ukraine and Azerbaijan and Armenia to the ones in Afghanistan, the Golan Heights and the Arab world, landmines remain a major threat to civilians.
US Jewish organizations are set to sponsor Israeli efforts to treat Ukrainians with PTSD and called on the ambassador to condemn judicial reform.
The background of the incident is as of yet unclear.
Explosives left over from the 1950-1953 Korean War have long been a danger to citizens in both Koreas.
Russian forces reportedly send civilians into Ukrainian minefields to find safe routes to Ukrainian positions. * This comes as Human Rights Watch condemned Ukraine's landmine use.
Ukraine could be in violation of international humanitarian law if they are found to have been using rocket-fired antipersonnel landmines against Russia.
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