Lifestory: One Ukrainian war amputee’s return to civilian life
THOMAS PETER, of Reuters, reports on the recovery of Oleksandr Revtiukh who lost his left arm and most of his left leg in a mine blast…
Casualties from Myanmar landmines jump to over 1,000 last year, says UNICEF
Reuters The number of civilian casualties, including children, who were killed or maimed by landmines and explosive ordnance in Myanmar more than doubled last year to 1,052, the UN children’s agency said on Thursday, as conflict raged in the impoverished country. Landmines and explosive remnants of war caused a 270 per cent jump in casualties […]
Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria sign deal to clear floating Black Sea mines
Istanbul, TurkeyReuters Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria signed an agreement this week on a joint plan to clear mines floating in the Black Sea as a result of the war in Ukraine, following months of talks between the NATO allies. Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Guler, his Romanian counterpart Angel Tilvar and Bulgaria’s Deputy Defence Minister Atanas […]
Essay: Conflict pollution, washed-up landmines and military emissions – here’s how war trashes the environment
In an article first published on The Conversation, STACEY PIZZINO, JO DURHAM and MICHAEL WALLER, of The University of Queensland in Australia, look at the environmental costs of war…
Russian drone hits oil refinery, frontline attacks repelled – Ukraine military
Kyiv, UkraineReuters A Russian drone attack set ablaze the Kremenchuk oil refinery in central Ukraine and knocked out power supply in three villages, while battlefield reports said Ukrainian forces had repelled Russian attacks in frontline sectors in the east and north-east. The fire at the Kremenchuk refinery, which Moscow has targeted many times and the […]
Essay: After the shooting stops in Ukraine, landmines will keep killing – as we’ve seen in too many countries
In an article first published on The Conversation, SARAH NJERI, a lecturer in humanitarianism and development at SOAS, University of London, looks at the insidious problem landmines pose – both now and in the future – as a result of their extensive use in the Ukraine conflict…
Postcards: On Ukraine’s landmine-strewn front, even the corpses can kill
VLADYSLAV SMILIANETS, of Reuters, report from Zaporizhzhia…
The Long Read: In Ukraine, land mines left by Russian forces pose a deadly threat
GERRY DOYLE, HAN HUANG and JACKIE GU, of Reuters, investigate…
Ukraine war: pensioner sweeps fields for mines to put her cow out to pasture
Stepova Dolyna, UkraineReuters Hanna Plishchynska, a pensioner, has been using a metal detector to comb her fields for mines and war detritus in the ruins of her village in south-westen Ukraine, so she can put her cow out to pasture and plant vegetables. The 67-year-old returned several weeks ago to her home in Stepova Dolyna, […]
Frontline cemeteries shut to Ukrainians for Easter over dangerous war debris
Kobzartsi, Ukraine Reuters Hundreds of cemeteries near front lines will be closed to Ukrainians wanting to pay their respects at graves of their relatives for Orthodox Easter this weekend, as officials fear the danger of land mines and unexploded ordnance. But in the formerly Russian-occupied village of Kobzartsi in the south-west Mykolaiv region, residents say they […]