Not only does my non-profit remove these hazards but I also educate civilians, focusing heavily on children regarding all these explosive hazards they encounter daily. As Ukrainians return to what’s left of their homes and villages, they face these dangers. People have survived the fighting only to now face landmines and boobytraps, injuring and killing civilians daily. Most have lost so much, if not everything, and all the people want to do is to pick the broken pieces of their lives up and move forward. Ukrainians have been driven by desperation to enter known minefields to fish, gather food, or collect firewood, only to be injured or killed by mines. Farmers working their fields hit landmines in their tractors as they cultivate the ground, as do ranchers grazing their livestock. The Ukrainian military is so bogged down with the war effort that the clearance operations to make these villages safe for civilians often are neglected due to workforce shortages. The ugly fact is this: Ukraine is one of the most heavily mine-contaminated countries in the world and already had significant numbers of mines before the full-scale Russian invasion in February. anti-vehicle and anti-personnel mines, trip wire devices, and boobytraps were commonly planted by both Ukrainians and Russians before the intensification of the conflict this year.