The three worked to remove mines from territory Ukraine has won back from Russian occupation in Kherson, the aid corps in the Zhytomyr region, where the three were involved, says on Facebook. Zhytomyr lies west of Kyiv in northern Ukraine, while Kherson lies in the south of the country. Russia controls almost the entire Kherson region, but in November Ukrainian forces took back control of Kherson city, the administrative center of the region, and in addition a number of villages in the region. Since then, deminers and the defense experts on explosives have worked there. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi has said that Russian forces have left many mines in both buildings and other things, as they have done in several other areas that Ukraine has won back. The US estimated early in December that around 160,000 square kilometers of Ukrainian land must be checked for explosives. That corresponds to almost half of Germany’s land area. – We expect that this will be one of the biggest challenges associated with landmines and other unexploded ordnance since the Second World War, it was stated on the website of the US Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ukrainian authorities said on Saturday that at least ten people had been killed in a Russian attack in the city of Kherson. Russia blamed Ukrainian forces. Ukrainian soldiers in a trench in Bakhmut on Christmas Eve. Raphael Karapitian (45) and Roman Kapinus (39) have decorated as best they can. Photo: CLODAGH KILCOYNE / Reuters
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