On Ukraine's landmine-strewn front, even the corpses can kill

For mine-clearers like Volodymyr, every day brings deadly risk, trying to make the ground safe, first for their fellow soldiers to advance, and eventually for civilians to go home.

A sapper of 128th separate territorial defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine takes part in a training, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine August 2, 2023.

(photo credit: REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi)

ByREUTERS

AUGUST 3, 2023 12:22

On Ukraine's landmine-strewn front, even the corpses can kill

For mine-clearers like Volodymyr, every day brings deadly risk, trying to make the ground safe, first for their fellow soldiers to advance, and eventually for civilians to go home.

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On Ukraine's landmine-strewn front, even the corpses can kill

For mine-clearers like Volodymyr, every day brings deadly risk, trying to make the ground safe, first for their fellow soldiers to advance, and eventually for civilians to go home.

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