BBCNEWS The July 3, 2024
Mines and explosives. Ukraine is now the most heavily mined country in the world and it is what has bogged down their advance. Russia has laid hundreds of thousands of mines across ukraine, scattered over an area the size of florida. In some places, the minefields are ten kilometres deep. And in just one square metre, there could be as many as five mines. Sappers like this man are now being targeted by russian forces, so they mostly have to conduct their work at night and there are simply not enough of them. Would you describe being a sapper in ukraine at the moment as being the most dangerous...