NEWSWATCH AFP: “With fighting easing, landmines still haunt east Ukraine”

AFP covers the impact of landmines in Ukraine.

The seaside fishing town of Shyrokyne remains studded with landmines, a deadly legacy of the 19-month pro-Russian revolt in the EU’s backyard.

Both Ukrainian forces and separatist rebels have refused to take on the task of fully clearing the war zone of one of the most unpredictable and devastating hazards to residents’ lives.

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