what's driving them close up. next on d w. what secrets lie behind these walls. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. d.w. world heritage $360.00 to get there now. of course many words this is our little museum the most important thing to know is that they are very very dangerous. d. minus like yelena such fall and remove hidden explosives 6 days a week ukraine has one of the world's highest numbers of civilian deaths and casualties linked to landmines and the light children. from

a very young age and mines fashion. plates and what are they. that's right bullets. or a mine did this to me who. listen chomsky is a town in eastern ukraine yelena change came here 2 years ago but 29 year old is a lawyer by training. it is 8 in the morning and as usual she's getting ready to go to walk. north to. the much good i put my hair into a ponytail so i can work with the visor. otherwise my hair gets in my face when i

put it on. the so we did move closer. i want to do a civil service before going on maternity leave and then the conflict started and i had to flee my home but in the water there. yellen now works hand together with 22 other ukrainian colleagues they have also been living together here under one roof for almost 2 years her employer is an international mining clearing organization goals but danish demining group. lucy chance was briefly in the hands of pro russian separatists at the beginning of the wall in 2014 today the town is back in the control of the ukrainian government . 13000 people have died so far in the conflict and many flat. yelena fled from

a town that is now part of separatist controlled territory. i'm from have all my school i decided to come here because of the conflict my town was under heavy bombardment and it was too dangerous to stay there. if it was a big shock for all of us none of us ever thought that something like this would ever happen to us. as a the death of that. on their way to work the mine clearance have to pass through one of the many checkpoints it is closed to separatist territory therefore abscesses subject to strict surveillance. based on driving through fails the so-called contact line or the front and as the people here call it is just 15 kilometers away suddenly they stop back.

our team leader poverty checks 1st to make sure everything's ok. but. that's one of the safety routines every day they monitor whether anything has changed the area against the all clear and the team meeting can start here at line one talks to line 3 to 4 is where sergei is working. he's got a few metres to go and this is where we will start working please make sure you would hear to the safety rules and keep the prescribed distance apart that's very important abortion was with over. the area where the mine clara's are working was once farming land but in 26 teams 3 soldiers were killed there after they drove over an anti-tank mine and it hasn't been used since that. red mark show where you are not allowed to tread the safety regulations are very strict the team members communicate using hand signals radios and whistles.

yelena is starting what's known as the humanitarian mine clearance she is combing through every centimeter of ground to completely rule out any danger. with a piece of wire jelena is searching for a trip wires that could trigger an explosion. now the grass can be clipped so metal detectors can be used to search for mines and unexploded ordnance. the detector can locate anti-personnel and anti-tank mines as well as any other unexploded combat devices made of metal.

detector sounds on i love it it's imperative now to be as cautious as possible. yelena is marking the spot the triangle shows where it is safe to start taking. most land mines are concealed with their detonators pointing upwards so you only ever try to start digging for them from the side. to meet a pavel's signals it's time to take a break. there's a 10 minute break every 15 minutes to ensure that everyone stays focused. it more than sometimes you can advance 20 meters in that time sometimes just to that's not up to us it depends on what we come across will get done with a girl. and her colleagues have been working for almost 2 years on these fields an

area that's about the size of 130 soccer pitchers. the equivalent of $1000000.00 soccer pitches are believed to be contaminated in ukraine and that doesn't include the separatist held areas. yet ukraine's economy is heavily dependent on agriculture many farmers just ignore the danger and work their land nonetheless. it remains very difficult to pinpoint where mine sent a unexploded ordinance could be located here near lissie chanced the danish the mining group is trying to find out the dots show where people have already been injured by mines the greatest concentration of mines lies along the red line of contact. we set off a star need see a lot. yellowness colleague tachyon evolution our heads for a checkpoint that leads into the pro russian separatists controlled area to raise

awareness about the danger of mines and unexploded ordinance. and as well as a gardener is new. of course these events have turned my life upside down yet of what i love bali for the conflict i was employed in a bank as a project manager. other person now i was also responsible for personnel. law i had an interesting job it was a live view but then my town was occupied and i had to leave they always follow. but there are a lot this is the checkpoint where people cross into territory controlled by the pro russian troops. and her colleagues come here 3 times

a week. there are many places where it is possible to enter or leave separatist held territory. thousands of people cross this track point daily to visit their families or to pick up their ukrainian state pensions. it was all done about this checkpoint is just for pedestrians cars aren't allowed here people can only cross on foot they think i. many come from far and wide and often have to wait in line for hours before they can cross this is where the territory controlled by the ukrainian state and and the self-proclaimed people's republic of landscape begins the ukrainian defense ministry believes that contamination by land mines and other remanent from fighting is even higher in separatist held territory the blown up bridge marks the current contact line a minefield starts right by the side of the road according to the danish demining group 145 people have been killed and injured here since the start of the conflict

. back unless it chanced it's the end of the working day for yellen. meant this is my little son he likes collecting leaves and he really looks forward to autumn then he says mama look how beautiful they are. he's visited me a few times he always points to me and says my mother works there that's her and blue but of course he doesn't understand what i do for a living. i tell him i'm doing it so that you can run around again without us having to worry about you. never mind if i did though the way they are with us the russian as i was. just as those numbers that the number of times that i overnight here depends on my work of course i want to spend as much time as i can with my son but on some days it's just not possible that's why my mom looks after him by the

most in my mind when it's. 'd 'd in their free time mind care is trying to distract them sounds from the harsh realities of the conflict it is a fact of the mold. in our apartment block was hit and badly damaged it was a 10 story building with lots of apartments shells hit the top floor and the building next door the top 7 floors of the block just folded in on themselves. and i like playing piano but i can't at the moment had to abandon my piano but almost. certain am the next time.

lover recorded we have breakfast together but everyone comes to the table when it suits them and don't. mind clara's come from different regions and have very different professional backgrounds. alexei erase go is 32 and used to work as a psychologist now he works as the project coordinator here. he retrained as a specialist in the identification and defusing of explosive devices when the mine clearance finds something it's alexei who decides how they should proceed. or what will. suddenly there's a flurry of activity on him and when you see if there's anything inside. it's an

open wooden crate. ok what's your position of the. fact line to. roger. can you see me. alexei goes to take a look for himself on all this is what we found. and there's the back with the tools. and we've been listening as door both of the yes you come with a move on we just decided that we'll have to remove the crate 1st from a considerable distance on the. door then we need a rope in the caribbean or cliff to do that going to be we will all move 50 meters away and then it could be a booby trap of the most. yes

a commotion ahead you create might be concealing a grenade or a landmine or something like that if anybody sure. who's coming with me or with me. alexei needs as many details as possible. to the metal detector b. by the crate remember that your brother was in the yes but i didn't go any. further just up to the line. let's take off our advisors. more tools are needed for the next step. just 7 kilometers away children are attending school. because it's time to morning break time for a jury not the other children. in school number 23 the dangers of mines and unexploded bombs is also a topic. children are particularly at

risk when they are playing outside in the field songbirds that's why tatiana is here to give a talk. that i just got a dog good morning children. a because it really is tell me what you can see on the picture here. munition grenades and what are they. right bullets. and watching collectors so tell me what do you think happened here. it was possible their mama told them that they weren't allowed to go there because they were landmines. but he didn't listen and he stepped on a mine helpful but. he just wanted to look him play the big guy

a bit. more. but he didn't watch where he was stepping on a mine exploded. and he lost a leg and eye and an arm or even. a beard or even if he had. most of what o'hare tatyana often uses store is to get across the danger of minds to the younger children. let me does a little bit of boredom we do most of the sessions with the children before the long holidays but it is so they know how to behave when they're playing outdoors without their parents it means to fit in when you but i would if i did it. in eastern ukraine about 200000 children have to walk through land contaminated with landmines and explosives on their way to school yes. i'm not scared but i wouldn't like to see a sign like that because there could be landmines right next to it and.

according to the united nations unexploded bombs i'm climb mines but the most common cause of death or severe injury among children in ukraine. are destroyed weapons warehouse 100 kilometers further south of lissie chanced. in june 28th enemy fire scattered munition and explosives around the area. a tragedy waiting to happen to elena and her son sasha. he told me he founded when he was walking around and he saw it somewhere amongst the plants that he picked it up and took it home with him. just not in. a valid way the only times my son was sitting there his tablet was plugged in the

t.v. and the lights were on and he said he was just looking at the thing when it exploded from one minute to the next you know everything looked as if it had gone through the shredder. he said himself that he had no idea what had happened we told you for him. it was the place i was standing outside and had to crawl in through the window to get to him he was lying against the inside of the door and i even had to fetch our documents otherwise he wouldn't have been treated even in a case like this route there was broken glass everywhere else all came. to him one of his hands was blown off and the splinters went through his i and one in his forehead. as they couldn't save his i must have been. yet that

good a woman. you. know that's the whole. show gosh. in the meantime yelena and alexei have called the rope and the carabiner clip that they need to examine the crate more closely. everyone else has gathered at a safe distance 50 meters away. by all waiting down. alexei is now the only one near the crash site. that it is all but alex a is going to attach the caribbean or clip then he's going to leave the area and pull the rope. first he has to take cover we'll call the rope hole.

we're all curious to see what happens then. there's a secret to speaking everyone has to squat down no one is allowed to stand going to start pulling or. the rope seems to have got tangled up. if something doesn't explode splinters and stones can become fatal projectiles they're wearing bulletproof fasts for that reason but protective clothing is of no use if a landmine goes off in the immediate vicinity. there's no explosion we have to wait another 5 minutes to be on the safe side. it's vital that we always stick to that

safety procedure and wait each time one is more than a mobile not but go above normal if we can only approach the scientific there is be no explosion up to 5 minutes while the on. clear relief around. the only thing that i've come across the safety cap of a detonator from a highly explosive projectile. yes there are probably needs inside this crate. the soldiers appear to use it as a target or has been delivered here once and. experiences like there's bring people closer look at the very thing that if india heard it would care we've become something of

a little family off because we spent most of the day together in the. middle. of. the lunch break bring some relief when they leave the minefield the tension of the last few hours begins to wave operate. back to lizzy chanced. anatoly and his wife have been living here since 2015 after fleeing fighting in the rebel held territory on a tolly is making a broom out of out plastic bottles her wrists she wouldn't be able to cope without the help of his daughter oksana. oksana. give me the bottles please so i can start there.

when the separatists took over our farm and started looting plundering we decided to flee. with. packed our things and set off again when we. we didn't get very far. maybe a 100 meters. and then it got us through. as anatoly and his wife were fleeing an anti-tank mine exploded under that calm he's unsure which side of a town to get the brunt of the explosion both of them were critically injured his wife is barely able to leave her bed.

i'm finished oh yeah. sure what do i have to show for landmines or i got this from a land mine. what i mean and i got this from a mine do here. that's what's left of me. i was always very active. and i couldn't sit still. i ran i jumped i sang and i danced this is my daughter she lives with us now. and we cried together but. since 2014 almost 2000 people in eastern ukraine have been severely injured or killed by landmines all bombs.

after a tiring day it's important for alexei to switch off and take some time out from what. this is going to do for you exercise helps to get me in my feelings under control and it helps you make better decisions and a lot of. orders there. for them to talk about stuff it's dangerous work and it's important to stay alert and remained level headed. with me if you can't afford to be controlled by your fears. look at that some of the nothing before i came here i had no 1st hand experience of a conflict like never seen a real tank or munition and i had no idea about any of that is that alexei worked in a community mental health center at some point the fallout from the conflict started to become palpable in his town to. sort of run against the war and then when the

conflict began many refugees from the areas not controlled by ukraine arrived in my town to. read them or you know i thought to myself i have to do something with the words. the next day and it's. pouring down yelena alexei and the team can't venture around it's too dangerous when it rains vines or steam up and they can't see what's in front of them so instead they tend to tasks they don't usually have time for the going this mean with this is our little museum. i label every minute of every explosive device as the well of the modern and these are the descriptions with information about each particular one a good number of devices and that's the one. where you tell a good do you give her some praise i don't know there's room for improvement just

kidding but there's a little. before what does he know. but this is an antitank mine the t.m. $62.00 it's made of metal and plastic and it detonates when pressure is applied from above. and these kind of anti-tank mines were found in the area where ya know wow thanks. to the annual land mine monitor report you crane is among the top 5 countries in the world in terms of numbers of deaths and injuries linked to land mines and other explosives more than countries like manny and iraq. most of the team mining is here and have known each other for 2 years now every 4 weeks they get a few days off many don't come from the region originally so they often spend their evenings together.

in their careers. and there's a good. deal. it's estimated it could take 40 years to fully caveat years in eastern ukraine as mines 40 years before the people here can move freely without fear or danger sic the more who do really whole bunch everyone who was able to the majority left my hometown is my they went wherever they could that i'd leave my family scattered in all directions so i stayed close by in the hope that things might get better at some point was a bit of that that's my dream. and then it's taken a. kick

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