Russia is using a mixture of anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, according to a report from the British Royal United Services Institute released earlier this month. “What we're seeing is just industrial level… industrial mine-laying,” said Michael Newton, the head of landmine clearing organization HALO Trust’s Ukraine program.īeyond the military challenge posed to advancing Ukrainian troops, Russian minefields will likely cause hundreds of civilian deaths and require billions of dollars to be safely removed in the coming years, experts told The Moscow Times. The military hazards include trenches and anti-tank obstacles, but Russian soldiers have also been busy laying thousands of landmines. When Ukrainian forces launch their long-awaited counteroffensive this summer, they will be up against multiple lines of Russian fortifications stretching hundreds of miles from the Black Sea to Ukraine’s northern border.
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