A Ukrainian soldier drags himself through the long grass, one leg trailing limply behind him. Seconds later, a flash of bright orange and a cloud of white smoke mark the spot, just a few metres away, where yet another land mine has been triggered.
As a second badly wounded soldier pulls himself up on to the relative safety of a nearby armoured personnel carrier – arms flailing like a swimmer trying to cling onto a lifeboat – a thick smudge of dark red blood marks his agonising progress.
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Source: BBC News