As Moscow’s troops set booby traps in forests, houses and backyards, finding them has become a dangerous art for Ukrainian soldiers.
With a practiced calm, a Ukrainian de-mining expert gingerly pushed aside stalks of dry grass, revealing a lethal surprise — a hand grenade rigged to a trip wire, waiting for someone to heedlessly step on it.
The discovery, near the Ukrainian town of Lyman, was just one small development in a wider cat-and-mouse struggle between mining and de-mining teams that is becoming a pivotal element in Russia’s war in Ukraine.
#Ukraine: Two Russian tanks (Presumably T-72/T-80 series) were destroyed- as claimed, by HIMARS strikes. A Ukrainian Leleka-100 UAV was used for observation. pic.twitter.com/nKgUkf1Pbn
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) April 11, 2023
