By Rod Nickel and Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) - Facing fields full of mines and short of cash, many Ukrainian farmers are likely to sow a smaller ar.
Imagine you’re in a car, driving along an unpaved country road in Ukraine. It’s February, but poking out from the snow on either side of the road, you can see hundreds of acres of blackened, unharvested sunflowers. A quarter of a mile ahead of you, a dark green military truck appears on the horizon. Wanting to keep your distance, you stop and watch as the vehicle maneuvers perpendicular to the road, pointing the back of the truck toward the sunflower field.
Ly Thuch, first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), express optimism while meeting a visiting senior US official that Cambodia will be able to achieve its 2025 mine-free goal on schedule.
Russia's 10-month-old invasion is leaving an enduring scar on Ukraine even beyond the lives lost, the homes, roads and factories destroyed and the cultural landmarks demolished.