Ukraine/Russia: Ukraine War: Training to Clear the World's Most Heavily Mined Country

Sep 25, 2023 | Jonathan Beale, BBC
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Specialist British military bomb disposal teams are training Ukrainian engineers to clear Russian minefields. Ukraine is now the most heavily mined country in the world, and it's slowing down Ukrainian military advances. The training by British Army sappers - combat engineers, some of whom faced similar obstacles in Afghanistan - was specifically requested by Ukraine.