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<p>KHARKIV, Ukraine—Massive demining efforts are underway in <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/serebryansky-forest-battle-threatens-russian-comeback-in-war-on-ukraine">Ukraine </a>as the country tries to repair some of the damages of the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/troops-have-scary-message-about-ukraines-counteroffensive-against-russia">Russian occupation</a> nearly one and a half years into the war.</p>
<p>While Ukrainian officials demine entire towns and industrial buildings, some residents have been left with no other choice but to clear<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/russia-plans-to-send-detained-ukrainians-into-minefields-says-leaked-call"> shrapnel and bombs out of their land</a>, risking their lives in the process as they try to return their homes to their pre-war form.</p>
<p>As of June 2023, a recorded 540,000 items of <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/ukraines-littlest-war-victims-brace-for-russian-bombs-on-christmas-day">unexploded ordnance </a>have been cleared from Ukraine, according to Alexander Lobov, a military engineer and mine action expert with the UN Development Programme (<a href="https://www.undp.org/">UNDP</a>).</p>
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Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images
KHARKIV, Ukraine—Massive demining efforts are underway in Ukraine as the country tries to repair some of the damages of the Russian occupation nearly one and a half years into the war.
While Ukrainian officials demine entire towns and industrial buildings, some residents have been left with no other choice but to clear shrapnel and bombs out of their land, risking their lives in the process as they try to return their homes to their pre-war form.
As of June 2023, a recorded 540,000 items of unexploded ordnance have been cleared from Ukraine, according to Alexander Lobov, a military engineer and mine action expert with the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
