Ukraine mines could exceed 1 million, says UN expert

United Nations mine experts working on the ground in Ukraine have told CGTN that the number of unexploded devices in the country could be in excess of 1 million. CGTN has spoken to Alexander Lobov, a military engineer and mine action expert working with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in his home country.

“Taking into consideration the scale of territories that have been affected by war and the densities of minefields,” he said. “The number of mines can run into hundreds of thousands. I cannot not exclude that the number could even exceed the million mark.”