Russia's planting mines everywhere, even cruelly hiding explosives in everyday items like fridges, toys, and children's books, Ukrainian military engineers say

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Ukrainian military sappers demine the road in a fog close to Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023.
Ukrainian military sappers demine the road in a fog close to Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023.

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Photo captures Ukrainian troops using grunt robots to plant deadly anti-personnel mines

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unexploded munitions and other explosive devices as members of a demining team of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine clear mines off a field not far from the town of Brovary, northeast of Kyiv, on April 21, 2022, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Unexploded munitions and other explosive devices collected by members of a Ukrainian demining team.

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Mine-clearing equipment given to Ukraine by the West is ineffective, noisy, and easy to strike, commander says

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A Ukrainian deminer carries unexploded material during demining works at an airport in the town of Hostomel, northwestern of Kyiv, on May 5, 2022.

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A Ukrainian farmer stripped pieces off wrecked Russian tanks to make an armored, remote-controlled, mine-sweeping tractor

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Remote controlled demining machine made of tractor and armoured plates from destroyed Russian military vehicles is seen in a field near the village of Hrakove.
The remote-controlled de-mining machine proudly displays painted Ukrainian flags.

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How US-supplied shells crammed with anti-tank mines helped defeat a brigade of Russian marines in the battle for Vuhledar

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Russian tank
This photograph taken on September 11, 2022, shows a Ukranian soldier standing atop an abandoned Russian tank near a village on the outskirts of Izyum, Kharkiv Region, eastern Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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