Every year, unexploded ordnance and landmines kill or injure thousands of people throughout the world. In eastern Ukraine, after a year of armed conflict, large areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions are left with deadly military remnants.
“Explosive remnants of all kinds, including unexploded ordnance and explosive devices were left behind in devastated towns and villages, threatening the people of Ukraine. Something needed to be done,” said Alexander Savelyev, OSCE Vienna-based Associate Project Officer