International organizations ring alarm bells over lack of mine risk awareness
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At least 42 children have been killed and 109 injured by land mines and unexploded ordnance in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of eastern Ukraine since March last year, according to the latest report by the United Nations Children’s Fund.
Experts warn that these figures may not reflect the actual number of child casualties, as it would be higher if the statistics from the areas, controlled by Russian-backed separatists, is included.
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He says that according to the previous international experience in cleaning up the consequences of the armed conflicts, one year of war takes approximately five years of de-mining effort.
