a flimsy pontoon bridge as we head towards ukraine s southern front. in a landscape blasted by artillery and rocket fire, a different danger now faces ukrainian troops as they fight to recover territory. russian mines. they re everywhere. soldiers stumbling across yet another on the roadside. is it a claymore? and it s still live? this is a claymore mine they ve just discovered, still active, so i think we need to probably move away. well back. as we pull back, ukrainian engineers move in cautiously to defuse it. detonate it, he says, and you re talking about 30 or a0 casualties. there are mines everywhere, says dimitro. they scare me more than anything else. two of our most experienced men
catcher adler, france is holding its breath. catcheradler, bbc france is holding its breath. catcher adler, bbc news, france is holding its breath. catcheradler, bbc news, paris. it s been a month since ukraine started its counter offensive against russian forces. progress has been slow, as president zelensky has admitted publicly. one of the reasons is the significant number of minefields left by the russians, which are causing loss of life and serious uinjury to many ukrainian soldiers. the bbc s andrew harding sent this report from the front line in eastern ukraine. a flimsy pontoon bridge as we head towards ukraine s southern front. in a landscape blasted by artillery and rocket fire, a different danger now faces ukrainian troops as they fight to recover territory. russian mines. they re everywhere. soldiers stumbling across yet another on the roadside. is it a claymore? and it s still live? this is a claymore mine they ve just discovered, still active, so i think we need
it s been a month now since ukraine launched its long awaited counter offensive against russia. and it s tough going. president zelensky has described it as slower than desired . one of the reasons is the huge number of minefields ukrainian forces are encountering as they push forward, with many soldiers getting seriously injured or killed. the bbc s andrew harding sent this report from two areas on the front line in eastern ukraine. a flimsy pontoon bridge as we head towards ukraine s southern front. in a landscape blasted by artillery and rocket fire, a different danger now faces ukrainian troops as they fight to recover territory. russian mines. they re everywhere. soldiers stumbling across yet another on the roadside. is it a claymore? and it s still live? this is a claymore mine they ve just discovered, still active, so i think we need to probably move away. well back. as we pull back, ukrainian engineers
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a different danger now faces ukrainian troops as they fight to recover territory. russian mines. they re everywhere. soldiers stumbling across yet another on the roadside. is it a claymore? and it s still live? this is a claymore mine they ve just discovered, still active, so i think we need to probably move away. well back. as we pull back, ukrainian engineers move in cautiously to defuse it. detonate it, he says, and you re talking about 30 or a0 casualties. there are mines everywhere, says dimitro. they scare me more than anything else. two of our most experienced men lost a leg each this week.