hello and welcome. ukraine says 174,000 square kilometres that s roughly the same area as syria has been contaminated by landmines since russia s invasion last february. most have been found in the north eastern kharkiv region. 0ur correspondent in ukraine james waterhouse reports. this is what you call a scratching of the surface, a sweep and a gentle prod for hidden killers. a job with very obvious occupational hazards. translation: my family calls me in the morning l and tells me to be careful, to watch where i tread. of course they re worried, very much worried. before, we would work with shells from world war ii, and now they are modern munitions, so we have to learn constantly because we find new kinds that we haven t encountered before. it s hard to describe this as anything other than random. this is a patch of land in the middle of balakliya. it s not a place, unlike other areas, that was once contested, where there was heavy fighting. but what these minesweepers
Russia has begun to lay additional naval mines on the approaches to Ukrainian seaports, according to the government of the UK. The Russian military ha.
the next 30 years and provision will need to be made for those who are left injured by the many thousands if not to millions of landmines that will have been laid by the end of this crisis. ., will have been laid by the end of this crisis- will have been laid by the end of this crisis- this crisis. you are quite right to focus on those this crisis. you are quite right to focus on those issues. this crisis. you are quite right to focus on those issues. ukraine | focus on those issues. ukraine saying 724 people have already been blown up by russia mines since that invasion began. what is so stark about this is just how big an area in ukraine is affected. he said roughly the size of serie a to give you another example, an area of land larger than england wales combined. a huge swathe of land, people will be returning there at some .i would hope. what is the answer? you can to co ordinate often make them no go areas, can you? co-ordinate often make them no go areas. can you? areas,