Thats right bullets. Or a mine did this to me who. Listen each omsk is a town in Eastern Ukraine yana change came here 2 years ago the 29 year old is a lawyer by training. It is age in the morning and as usual shes getting ready to go to work. Or to. The mr i put my hair into a ponytail so i can work with the visor otherwise my hair gets in my face when i put it on. The so with the. Gaza. I worked in a Civil Service before going on its pretty clear and then the conflict started and i had to flee my home but in the water there. Yellen now works hand together with 22 other ukrainian colleagues they have also been living together here under one roof for almost 2 years her employer is an International MineClearing Organization goals but Danish Demining Group. Lucy chance was briefly in the hands of pro russian separatists at the beginning of the war in 2014 today the town is back in the control of the ukrainian government. 13000 people have died so far in the conflict and many flags. Jalen a flag from a town that is now part of separatist controlled territory. But im from have all my school i decided to come here because of the conflict my town was under heavy bombardment and it was too dangerous to stay there. It was a big shock for all of us none of us ever thought that Something Like this would ever happen to us of a they say that theyre. On their way to work the mine clearance have to pass through one of the many checkpoints it is closed to separatists territory therefore abscesses subject to strict surveillance. Based on driving through fields the socalled contact line or the front as the people here call it is just 15 kilometers away suddenly they stop. By our team leader poverty checks 1st to make sure everythings ok. But. Thats one of the safety routines every day they monitor whether anything has changed the area gets the all clear and the team meeting can start here at line 12 and that line 3 to 4 is where sergei is working. Hes got a few metres to go and this is where we will start working please make sure you would hear to the safety rules and keep the prescribed distance apart thats very important abortion was voted for the area where the mine claras are working was once farming land but in 26 teams 3 soldiers were killed here after they drove over an antitank mine and it hasnt been used since that red mark show where you are not allowed to tread the safety regulations are very strict the team members communicate using hand signals radios and whistles. Is starting whats known as the humanitarian mine clearance she is combing through every centimeter of ground to completely rule out any danger. With a piece of wire jelena is searching for a trip wires that could trigger an explosion. Now the grass can be clipped so metal detectors can be used to search for mines and unexploded ordinance. The detector can locate antipersonnel and antitank mines as well as any other unexploded combat devices made of metal. Detectors sounds on i love its imperative now to be as cautious as possible. Yelena is marking the spot the triangle shows where it is safe to start taking. Most land mines are concealed with their detonators pointing upwards so you only ever try to start digging for them from the side. To meet a pavels signals its time to take a break. Theres a 10 minute break every 15 minutes to ensure that everyone stays focused. Good morning. Sometimes you can advance 20 meters in that time sometimes just to thats not up to us it depends on what we come across the radio. Yelena and her colleagues have been working for almost 2 years on these fields an area thats about the size of 130 soccer pitchers. The equivalent of 1000000. 00 soccer pitches are believed to be contaminated in ukraine and that doesnt include the separatist held areas. Yet ukraines economy is heavily dependent on agriculture many farmers just ignore the danger and work their land nonetheless. It remains very difficult to pinpoint where mine sent a unexploded ordinance could be located here nearly as the chance of a danish the mining group is trying to find that out the dots show where people have already been injured by mines the greatest concentration of mines lies along the red line of contact. We set off a star need see a lot on scout. Yellowness colleague tachyon our version of events for a checkpoint that leads into the pro russian separatist controlled area to raise awareness about the danger of mines and unexploded ordinance. And enter the wires and got them out as new is of course these events have turned my life upside down yet of what the long body for the conflict i was employed in a bank theres a project manager below. I was also responsible for personnel. Law i had an interesting job recently but then my town was occupied and i had to leave say you know you swallow. But this is the checkpoint where people cross into territory controlled by the pro russian troops. 30 ana and her colleagues come here 3 times a week. There are many places where it is possible to enter or leave separatist held territory thousands of people cross they strike point daily to visit their families or to pick up their ukrainian state pensions. The number this checkpoint is just for pedestrians cars arent allowed here people can only cross on foot they said i. Many come from far and wide and often have to wait in line for hours before they can cross this is where the territory controlled by the ukrainian state and and the selfproclaimed peoples republic of law hands begins the Ukrainian Defense ministry believes that contamination by land mines and other remanent from fighting is even higher in separatist held territory the blown up bridge marks the current contact line the minefield start right by the side of the road according to the Danish Demining Group 145 people have been killed and injured here since the start of the conflict. Back unless it chanced its the end of the working day for yelena. When he went this is my little son he likes collecting leaves and he really looks forward to autumn then he says mama look how beautiful they are and hes visited me a few times he always points to me and says my mother works there thats her and blue but of course he doesnt understand what i do for a living and i tell him im doing it so that you can run around again without us having to worry about you it would never get the way we were best that russian as i was. Just as theres none was that the number of times that i overnight here depends on my work of course i want to spend as much time as i can with my son but on some days its just not possible thats why my mom looks after him by the most in my mind when its. d in their free time mind care is trying to distract them sounds from the harsh realities of the conflict that has affected them all. In our apartment block was hit and badly damaged it was a 10 Story Building with lots of apartments and shells hit the top floor and the building next door the top 7 floors of the block just folded in on themselves. Ok watching the movie and i like playing piano but i cant at the moment i had to abandon my piano but i must. Its 7 am the next day. Recorded we have breakfast together but everyone comes to the table when it suits them to go. To mine claras come from different regions and have very different professional backgrounds. I like saying you know rice co is 32 and used to work as a psychologist now he works as the project coordinator here. He retrained as a specialist in the identification and defusing of explosive devices when the mine clearance find something its alexei who decides how they should proceed. What will. Solve main bezel faria activity on the can you see if theres anything inside. Its an open wooden crate. Ok whats your position of. Line to. Roger. Can you see me. Alexei goes to take a look for himself. All this is what we found when theres the back with the tools. Moving the fellows door ever yes you come with the moving or weve just decided that well have to remove the crate 1st from a considerable distance on the. Door and we need a rope in the caribbean or clip to do that going to be we will all move 50 meters away here then it could be a booby trap of the most but theyve yet to come out of the hood you create might be concealing a grenade or a landmine or Something Like that if anybody sure. Whos coming with me let me. Alexei needs as many details as possible. To the metal detector b. By the crate remember though youll follow almost all the yes but i didnt go any. Further just up to the line. Lets take off our advisors. More tools are needed for the next step. Just 7 kilometers away children are attending school. Its 10 am morning break time for dinner enough and the other children. In School Number 23 the dangers of mines and unexploded bombs is also a topic. Children are particularly at risk when they are playing on signs in the field song words thats why tatiana is here to give a talk. That i just showed us thought good morning children that they because its a blast tell me what you can see on the picture here. Finds a new nation grenades and what are they. Right bullets. And what your collectors so tell me what do you think happened here. It was possible their mama told them that they werent allowed to go there because they were landmines. But he didnt listen and he stepped on a mine helpful but. He just wanted to look him play the big guy a bit lame. But he didnt watch where he was stepping on a mine exploded. And he lost a leg and eye and an arm even. Embarrassed or even if he had. Most of what ohare tatiana often uses store is to get across the danger of minds to the younger children. Let me does a little bit of boredom we do most of the sessions with the children before the long holidays but it is so they know how to behave when theyre playing outdoors without their parents instilled in you but i wouldnt say i did it. In Eastern Ukraine about 200000 children have to war through land contaminated with landmines and explosives on their way to school yes. Im not scared but i wouldnt like to see a sign like that because there could be landmines right next to it and. According to the United Nations unexploded bombs i plan mines but the most common cause of death or severe injury among children in ukraine. Are destroyed weapons warehouse 100 kilometers further solve of lissie charts. In june 2800 enemy fire scattered munition and expose him surround the area. A tragedy waiting to happen to elena and her son sasha. He told me he founded when he was Walking Around and he saw it somewhere amongst the plants that he picked it up and took it home with him. Just not in the. Middle of the way the only times my son was sitting there his tablet was plugged in the t. V. And the lights were on and he said he was just looking at the thing when it exploded from one minute to the next you know everything looked as if it had gone through the shredder. He said himself that he had no idea what had happened and me pulling for him. It was the place i was standing outside and had to crawl in through the window to get to him he was lying against the inside of the door and i even had to fetch our documents otherwise he wouldnt have been treated even in the case like this that there was broken glass everywhere all school cant. Name one of his hands was blown off and the splinters went through his eye and one in his forehead. As they couldnt save his eye was the bend map of it yet that pollutant who had a woman. Not just all. In the meantime yelena and alexei have called the rope and the carabiner clip that they need to examine the crate more closely. Everyone else has gathered at a safe distance 50 meters away. By old whiting down. The next say is now the only one near the crash site. And it all but i like say is going to attach the caribbean or cliff and then hes going to leave the area and pull the rope. First he has to take cover well call the rope hole. Were all curious to see what happens then. Theres a secret to speaking everyone has to squat down no one is allowed to stand going to start pulling. The rope seems to have got tangled up. If something doesnt explode splinters im stones can become fatal projectiles and theyre wearing bulletproof fasts for that reason but protective clothing is of no use if a landmine goes off in the immediate vicinity. Theres no explosion we have to wait another 5 minutes to be on the safe side. Its vital that we always stick to that safety procedure and wait each time one is more than a mobile not the go on before the normal we can only approach the scientific there is be no explosion up to 5 minutes. Clear relief around. The only thing that ive come across the safety cap of my detonator from a highly explosive projectile. There are probably good needs inside this great. The soldiers are here to use it as a target of that if you want and. Who. Experiences like this bring people closer look at the vertigo if you knew her would care weve become something of a Little Family because we spend most of the day together in. The middle of the. Break bring some relief when i leave the minefield the tension of the last few hours begins to weigh evaporate. Back to lizzie johnson. Anatoly and his wife have been living here since 2015 after fleeing fighting in the rebel held territory ana tolly is making a broom out of out plastic bottles and he wouldnt be able to cope without the help of his daughter oksana. Oxana. Give me the bottles please so i can start. Going off. When the separatists took over our farm and started looting plundering we decided to flee. With. We packed our things and set off and we didnt get very far. Maybe a 100 meters. And then it got us through. As anatoly and his wife were fleeing an antitank mine exploded under barack obama hes unsure which side of the counter the brunt of the explosion both of them were critically injured his wife is barely able to leave her bed ringback. Im finished oh yeah. Sure what do i have to show for landmines or i got this from a land mine. What and i got this from a mine doing their. Thats whats left of me. I was always very active. I couldnt sit still. I ran i jumped i sang and i danced this is my daughter she lives with us now. And we cried together but. Since 2014 almost 2000 people in Eastern Ukraine have been severely injured or killed by landmines on bombs. After a tiring day its important for alexei to switch off and take some time out from what. This is going to ruth w. Exercise helps to get me and my feelings under control and it helps you make better decisions and on the. Borders. Of the most dangerous work its important to stay alert and remade levelheaded it up with me if you cant afford to be controlled by your fears. Were that some of you know nothing before i came here i had no 1st hand experience of the conflict id never seen a real take or munition and i had no idea about any of that is that unlike say worked in a Community MentalHealth Center at some point the fallout from the conflict started to become palpable in his town too although much of the water from the water that when the conflict began many refugees from the areas not controlled by ukraine arrived in my town to. Invite them or i thought to myself i have to do something with the words. The next day and its. Pouring down Yelena Alexei and a team cant venture around its too dangerous when it rains visors and they cant see whats in front of them so instead they attend to tasks they dont usually have time for the going this mean wheezy this is our little museum. I label every minute of every explosive device well up in the emotion of this book and these are the descriptions with information about each particular one of them with you i think thats the one. Where the whole a good do you give her some praise i dont know theres room for improvement just kidding theres a little. Before what does he know. But this is an antitank mine the t. M. 62. 00 its made of metal and plastic and it detonates when pressure is applied from above. And these kind of antitank mines were found in the area where yelling their wives according to the annual landmine monitor report. Is among the top 5 countries in the world in terms of numbers of deaths and injuries linked to land mines and other explosives and countries like mali and iraq. Most of the team mining is here and have known each other for 2 years now every 4 weeks they get a few days off many dont come from the region originally so they often spend their evenings together. In their. Homes. Its estimated it could take 40 years to fully caveat areas in Eastern Ukraine of mines 40 years before the people here can move freely without fear or danger sic the more who do we whole bunch everyone who was able to the majority left my hometown is my they went wherever they could that id leave my family scattered in all directions so i stayed close by in the hope that things might get better at some point was a bit of that thats my dream. And the next day to. Kick off. This much is certain something is coming. To fact check for the kick on the display again. For the favorites. To be nervous player might surprise a. New director looking to the new season ticket. Im not laughing at the challenge because sometimes i am place and nothing with the to do that and i think into german culture. New did seem ridiculous granma to me cus its all out there no time rachel join me for me to get bundled up forced. 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