Farmers in Ukraine risk their lives to work the land amid mines

In the regions of Ukraine no longer under Russian control, the colossal amount of mines and explosives still in the ground have resulted in the deaths of at least 185 people, according to the Ukrainian government. For the second year in a row, many Ukrainian farmers have not been able to plant their crops. However, some small-scale farmers continue to work their contaminated land, risking their lives in the process. FRANCE 24's Catherine Norris Trent, Johan Bodin and Dmytro Kovalchuk report.

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