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International experts say that none of the 60 mine-affected nations countries have anywhere near the levels of landmine and explosive remnants of war (ERW) contamination that now exist in Uk.
Facing fields full of mines and short of cash, many Ukrainian farmers are likely to sow a smaller area this spring than they did following Russia's invasion, in what could be a further blow to global food supplies after disruptions last year.
BILOZERKA, Ukraine (Reuters) - When Ukraine recaptured Kherson in November, Andrii Povod returned to find his grain farm in ruins. Two tractors were missing, most of the wheat was gone and all 11 buildings used to store crops and machinery had been bombed and burned.