Ukraine is the world’s most heavily mined country. Meet some of the people cleaning up this deadly mess
- Written by Paul Hardisty, Adjunct Professor in Creative Writing and Literature, James Cook University
Pavlo Mykyento at work with a metal detector.Paul Hardisty, CC BYSerhii Shmyrov and Pavlo Mykyento move slowly, deliberately, working as a team. Both men wear full-torso body armour and face shields, along with thick jackets. Winter has arrived in northern Ukraine and the wind blows cold across the fields.
Mykyento swings the arm of the South...





