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Mines, explosives will be menace in Ukraine long after war ends

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Flowers in a field near a poster warning about mines in Lypivka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 14. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is spreading a deadly litter of mines, bombs and other explosive devices that will endanger civilian lives and limbs long after the fighting stops.
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A mine detection worker with the HALO Trust de-mining NGO explains how they search for anti-tank and anti personnel land mines in Lypivka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 14.
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A mine detection worker with the HALO Trust de-mining NGO searches for anti-tank and anti personnel land mines in Lypivka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 14.
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A mine detection worker with the HALO Trust de-mining NGO takes a break while from searching for anti-tank and anti personnel land mines in Lypivka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 14.
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A poster warning about mines in Makariv, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 14.
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Cans of food lay next to a wreckage of a burned out van that triggered an anti-tank mine, killing its three occupants, lies by the side of a dirt track in Andriyivka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 14.
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Tetiana Kutsenko enters her home that was occupied by Russian soldiers in Makariv, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 14. When Kutsenko got back her home that Russian troops had occupied, she found bloodstains and an apparent bullet hole on the bathroom floor and tripwires in her back yard.
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Tetiana Kutsenko stands outside her home that was occupied by Russian soldiers in Makariv, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 14. When Kutsenko got back her home that Russian troops had occupied, she found bloodstains and an apparent bullet hole on the bathroom floor and tripwires in her back yard.
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Vadym Schvydchenko stands next to his truck recently damaged by a mine on a dirt track near Makariv, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 14. The detonation of the 7.5-kilogram (16-pound) explosive charge blew Vadym Schvydchenko and his daughter's toy clean out of the cabin. The truck — and his livelihood — went up in flames.
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The inside of a wreckage of a burned out van that triggered an anti-tank mine, killing its three occupants, lies by the side of a dirt track in Andriyivka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 14.
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Russian soldiers guard an area next to a field of wheat as foreign journalists work in the Zaporizhzhia region in an area under Russian military control, southeastern Ukraine, Tuesday, June 14. The Zaporizhzhia region has been under control of the Russian forces since the early days of the Russian military action in Ukraine. This photo was taken during a trip organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
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A ruined tank remains on a road in Lypivka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 14.
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Police members inspect a crater caused by a Russian rocket attack in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 15.
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Residents gather near houses that were damaged by a Russian rocket attack in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 15.
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Paramedics push an elderly woman on a gurney into a specially equipped medical train run by Doctors Without Borders to evacuate patients and wounded from the war hit area, in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 15.
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Soldiers of Ukraine's special operations unit lay anti-tank mines on a forest road on the Russian troops' potential way in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, late Tuesday, June 14.

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