Russian mines make Ukrainian fields unfarmable | Focus on Europ 

Happens in every war. Their still digging up unexploded rounds from French fields dating back to WW1.

One of the most fertile, easy to farm soils on Earth and we're just watching them to be turned into toxic, uncultivable deserts.

You can see how true this is by the Russian trollos going rampant in the comments.

*Russia🇷🇺 occupied oblast Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Kherson, Crimea.* Russia must end occupation & keep peace!!

The sheer amount of approving and cheering comments by ordinary Russians under videos about the atrocities committed against civilians and prisoners of war in Ukraine were no less shocking to Ukrainians than the war itself. We somehow got used to the war, but the realization of who we have been living next to all this time without even knowing it is still terrifying. Those barbarians called themselves our brothers. Imagine what they would do to you, who they call their enemies, if you let them. Not supplying weapons to Ukraine under the pretext of achieving an early peace would be like allowing a violator to violate his victim in order to end the violence as soon as possible.

Talk to the Ukrainian army about their mines. Hopefully modern equipment can help de-mine that country quicker and better than the case in Europe after WW2. Even London was finding unexplored V2 bombs for years after the war's end.

huge problem...

Send the Russians to walk through every inch of those fields

I was surprised at the depth placement of the mine. 🐈

Could they not just have a roller with reusable concrete balls and roll them around a field?

Ruzzians also use mines that have no metal in them, so you cant find them with metal detector.

Thank you to all the people who help and support Ukraine. Give peace a chance. STOP RUSSIA NOW.

It will take many decades to clear the all mines even if the West funds de-mining operations.

Who will put mines.. the one retreating or the one charging? Hmmmm

More weapons to Ukraine means shorter time to Ukrainian victory. Less time for Russia to plant mines.

The Uk and Ukraine are already working on projects that will clear Ukraine fields faster than ever seen anywhere in the world.

This is cruel harassment. don't lose.＝これは酷い嫌がらせ。負けないでください。

Fact is both are using mines heavily...

Like after ww2 make Russia prisoners de mine the fileds

Oh your worried about Russian mines? Imagine when they start using the depleted uranium shells that UK sent then you'll really see what unfarmable is.. Just look at the effects it had on children in Iraq.. Should that be more relevant than mines?

Thanks to your Pres

This is evil 👺 this is inhuman. This revenge will last for another thousand years

As spring has arrived in Ukraine, farmers should be planting their crops, as wheat, corn, barley, and other crops supply much of the world's food. In fact, before Russia attacked Ukraine, they supplied 10% of the world's wheat, 15% of the corn market, and 13% of the barley market. With more than 50% of world trade, Ukraine was also the main player on the sunflower oil market. However, in all of the currently and former occupied territories of Ukraine, Russia has heavily mined those fields and cities with a variety of very lethal anti-personnel and anti-material mines, making this country the most heavily mined part of the planet since WWII. Experts say it will take decades to clear, and in the meantime it will kill many civilians, most of which will be children. So in the meantime, farmers have two choices, to go broke and parts of the world including themselves to starve because they cannot plant a crop, or risk entering their fields and perhaps be blown up, as a number of farmers have already been.

No mention of the pedal mines the Ukrainians planted in Donbas in civilian areas?

Russian mines or Ukraine mines? I know attackers would not like to see mines.

Another bad day for the ukraine Lost a train carrying 200t of ammunition blown up in Kramatorsk. A salt mine full of ukraine weapons captured in Paraskoviedka. Another 500 men dead.

How do i apply

Ground-penetrating radar might be very useful for detecting landmines.

Doesn’t the 1st AT mine need the red insert to activate? Not educated on explosives going off my knowledge from Squad lol

Tractors with remote control.

U mean ukraine mines😂😂

Unlike the farmer friendly Ukrainian land mine the Russian land mines are a problem.

Thank you USA and NATO for freedom!!!

Shame but Ukrainians also put mines out.

Dear UN and International Criminal Court, I suggest strongly to exclude any kinds of farm fields from war. No soldiers or war vehicles is allowed to walk over farms. So there is no need for anybody to leave land-mines. This is to preserve food source for next human being. Farm field has a same value as hospital. Thank you.

Ukraine mines or Russia mines? We all know the truth! Lol 😊

Why not just go over the fields with a demining vehicle ?

Germany is of course the official provider of mines for Ukraine!

Depleted uranium shells ...

This is the same if you go to countries after fighting is over and as specially Asia countries, the number of bombs US drop and even now they're still cleared it😢 where's ICC talking about it and double standard, as another country have no rights and cover Ukraine war😡

To be fair, the Ukrainian defenders surely also placed mines and rightfully so. It would be more accurate to mention that as well.

GOD bless Russia,Glory to Russia in jesus mighty name Amen,the cause and foundations of the war is Italy and France Paris and,America,Napolitano,Napoli,Taranto,Torino,sardinia,Rome

As Dr John Mearsheimer said "Ukraine will get wrecked".

Oh so its not the ukrainian DU rounds poisoning the earth? LOL

US and NATO is liable for all these. They must pay for these.

Please Ukraine and NATO countries sign the agreement saying Ukraine will never join NATO under condition Ukraine will be independent from Russia.

Surely its against the Geneva Convention to mine civilian populated areas??

No crops this year? What will the ukraine eat???

Ukraine chose war, not farming.

be worse with depleted uranium from the UK

How do they know that mines are Russian? Do they have inscription "Made in Russia"? As far as we know, Ukraine was preparing for defence for the last 8 years with the West help. So mines have to be Ukrainian. You should write "Ukrainian mines make Ukrainian land unfarmable".

Ukraine is destined to lose lot of territory & lot of farmland. Zelensky would have had sovereignty over entire territory with Minsk Agreement by giving autonomy to its Russian speaking Donbas but foolishly banned even Russian language in schools & offices along with persecution of ethnic Russians as a tactic to join NATO & please US. Zelensky’s foolish attack on Kerch Bridge was denied by him but celebrated by issuing postal- stamp. That only made importance of additional land corridor needed by Russia to protect Crimea which led to annexation of Ukraine's 4 Oblasts into Russia. Zelensky’s recent attack on Crimean oil facility which he again denied but cleverly celebrated by depicting Hindu Goddess of destruction Kali in very objectionable manner. That has now highlighted need of Russia to seek at least 50 km broad sanitized demilitarized corridor to protect annexed Oblasts. Russian strikes all over Ukraine along with occupation of northern Ukrainian as bargain for sanitized corridor is likely to bring about next round of Kali-type destruction of Ukraine or else Kali's final dance of total destruction with tactical nukes.

I hope that when circumstances permit, mine detection can be carried out remotely using drone and similar technologies. Ukraine has the talent and the will. Slava Ukraine

They should go do the same thing to Russia see how they like it.

What about Americans supplying prohibited in whole world the cluster bombs, which are used now on Ukrainian territories? Those bombs explodes in many smaller bombs and some of them are not blowing up at the time they land, but later, when innocent people step on them, sometimes years later. That will stay in soil too, but nobody talks about it, because it briefly was in the news, and forgotten the next day. But this will be the price to pay later. ❤and Peace to all.

This is so evil

Both sides mine the battlefield...

Poor ukraine. Why doesn't germany help? Send in the army.

Whichever side put the mines in, Ukraine isn't going to be an agricultural exporter again for years. The only question is what happens to the people of the Middle East and Africa who depended on those exports because they can't grow their own.

I thought the Russians didn’t have any more mines

With British depleted uranium bombs, no one will buy Ukrainian agricultural products anymore, and there will be no chance to cry in the future. The unrestrained use of weapons in war is also a disaster for mankind.

But never worry about Depleted uranium? 20-3-2023 Some of the ammunition for the Challenger 2 battle tanks that Britain is giving to Ukraine includes armour-piercing rounds which contain depleted uranium. Depleted uranium ---> Birth Defects

You have got democracy and dream of joining Nato,everything has a cost,why still complaining?

Halo Joe, how about Nord stream 2???? Halo Boris Pistorius, don't judge Germany by its words, but its deeds 👎 Halo Nurlan, USA n NATO will lose 👎👎👎

Give this "Oleh" an Oscar

Didn't they pay to Uki bots for this news? Just a Vitaly V alone?

Both sides use mines. And the Ukrainians mined not only the fields, but also the cities. According to the UN - The Commission has found instances where Ukrainian armed forces likely used cluster munitions and rocket-delivered antipersonnel landmines to carry out attacks in Izium city, Kharkiv region, from March to September 2022, when it was controlled by Russian armed forces. According to Human Rights Watch - "Ukrainian troops widely scattered land mines in the Izyum region, which caused the death of civilians and constant risk. The Russian military distributed leaflets warning about the danger of "Lepestok" mines. About a hundred local residents told about this. They were engaged in clearing mines in public places and on territories of private property of the civilian population, they took away the victims of mine explosions to Russia for medical assistance," Human rights activists stressed that the actions of the Russian servicemen "are incompatible with the responsibility for planting these mines." HRW investigated the use of anti-personnel mines in Izyum from 19 September to 9 October. Employees of the organization interviewed more than a hundred people, including witnesses, victims, rescuers, doctors and sappers. Human rights activists have identified the use of "Lepestok" in nine different districts of the city and its environs. The organization has confirmed 11 civilian deaths due to landmines. According to doctors, about 50 people were injured, including five children. According to the DPR authorities, the Ukrainian army uses the same "Lepestok" mines for deliberate remote mining of cities in the DPR, for example, Donetsk. According to the DPR, more than a hundred civilians were blown up by these mines.

The sad thing is, it is the citizens that suffer, not the corrupt governments people. Ukraine was very corrupt and mixed in with America's corrupt government. Russia is also.

NATO will not help Ukraine, Russia will achieve its goals.

It is largely non-ukrainian land owned by BLACKROCK and VANGUARD. Sold by ethnically foreign government from Kiev.

This happened because of US and NOTO.

Seed planting is hard anywhere.

Misinformation

Just collect thousands of dogs from animal shelters, make them run across the fields with weighted backpacks, if they survive, they are allowed to be released from doggie prison.

And once again we learn of the many ways that the casualties of war may go on for many years even after the confict has ended.

Maybe if you strip a metal detector down to search coil and electronic pcb you could fly one on a drone. If you can use a solonoid to spray a spraycan you could mark possible mines as you go. If you can use a hi-res camera on a drone with coordinates maybe you can get people online to spot the butterfly mines. .. It would be good to photo the fields before the mines weather in or get obscured by plants.

Usually one should use cows, sheeps, dogs etc. Not very humane but better than your own child.

When this is over, send Russia a big bill

Ukrainian mines leave Ukrainian fields unfarmable....

Don't be mislead. Ukraine is also laying down mines.

IZ POTATO!!! 🥔 ::explosion!!!::

It is the American and German companies that own these fields who are going to be angry!

Ukraine will survive on European values. :)

Support Ukrainian demining like Ryan Hendrickson Tip of the Spear and his mission there via RU-vid donations.

I don't know, I'm asking: Let cattle graze and setoff the mines, meanwhile farmers can earn a living. Also traditional demining can be done simultaneously.

Now think what Israel did to the philistine for the last 50 years, where were the Western media back then.

Wait... aren't anti-personnel land mines banned in war?

Out smarted

Morning

Rich or reach???

It's unfortunate that this happen in Ukraine. If Nato never expand thing like this would never happen.

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A 2022 UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report said it was concerned about possible depleted uranium use in Ukraine, warning it can cause "skin irritation, kidney failure and increase the risks of cancer". "The chemical toxicity of depleted uranium is considered a more significant issue than the possible impacts of its radioactivity," it says. residues can further increase the anxiety of local populations".

If your employees move, you may call the filipino farm laborers for help.

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must be exclusion zones!

Everyone knew this the day Ukranian's were mining their own farms to slow down Russian forces in the early days of this illegal war, Now there will be unexploded shells and ammunition all over the frontlines. I love that movie mine from 2016.

In WW2, the British developed the "flail" tank to clear a path through minefields. Could this idea not be adapted to help clear openfields at least.

Make a big bill for Russia

Put Russian POW to work. Call Putin. Come down to my farm walk around and don't forget your checkbook.