Soldiers tell Sky News how they have discovered mines and booby traps hidden in doors and in the magazines of automatic weapons - and even attached to dead bodies.
For the members of the demining unit in Ukraine's 35th marine brigade, every step is fraught with peril - every action is beset
As the Ukrainians press ahead with their summer offensive, the Russians have countered with Soviet-era tactics.
They have laid millions and millions of landmines. Territory and communities along the 1,000km (621 mile) frontier have been saturated with anti-personnel mines, anti-vehicle and anti-tank mines, and remotely-detonated mines.
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WNU editor: This is troubling .... 'Metal detectors are no use': Challenge of removing landmines slows Ukraine counteroffensive (France 24).
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