Ukraine mine clearance

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🗓️ 7 May 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Ukrainians have been living with the horrors of war, amid attacks from Russian troops, for more than two months. We hear from three Ukrainian women who have decided to take on a dangerous task, to try and make their country safer. They each decided to do an 18-day training course in Kosovo to learn how to clear landmines. We also cross into Moldova, which is the smallest of seven countries bordering Ukraine. It has taken in more than 437,000 Ukrainian refugees. There have been concerns that its breakaway Russian-controlled region of Transnistria could be where Russia moves in next.

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0:00.0	I had this secret. I robbed banks in my spare time.
0:06.3	Lives less ordinary from the BBC World Service.
0:09.6	This is not a good thing to do because police are after you.
0:14.8	Find out more at the end of this podcast.
0:19.6	Hello, I'm Ben James on the BBC World Service.
0:22.8	And this is BBC OS Conversations, Ukraine Mine Clearance.
0:32.4	In a moment, three women on training for a dangerous job to try to make their country safer.
0:37.6	Meanwhile, we'll hear how safe people are feeling in Moldova while living so close to a war in
0:42.8	neighbouring Ukraine.
0:44.8	It's like one morning you just wake up in a barrel of universe where brother goes to
0:51.3	kill his brother. You don't really understand what's happening.
0:54.8	And then you start to think of him what's going to be next.
0:57.8	Who's next? What country is next?
1:03.0	Russia's invasion of Ukraine is now into its third month, a conflict that's killed thousands of
1:08.2	people and has so far displaced 13 million. Towns and cities lie in ruins and in some cases where
1:14.9	Russian troops have departed, dangers remain.
1:18.4	Ukrainian President Volodymyy Zelensky has previously accused the Russian military
1:23.0	of leaving tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of explosive
1:27.4	ordnance behind. And the Ukrainian army has also resulted to laying some mines in order to
1:32.9	defend territory and deter attacks.
1:36.1	Our next conversation introduces you to three Ukrainian women who want to do anything they can to
1:41.6	help in the war effort. So they each decided to learn how to clear land mines.
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