I have seen first-hand the long-lasting destruction that can be caused by explosive weapons and landmines across the world. My trip to Ukraine in April 2022 was no different. Ukraine has been ravaged by conflict for more than eight months. During my time there, I found many examples of makeshift signs warning returning civilians that strategically planted explosive weapons were somewhere inside or nearby. Written in bold, the signs serve as a warning for all types of unexploded ordnance (UXO) such as bombs and booby traps and landmines
On 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation initiated military operations against Ukraine, supposedl...
Since fighting began in 2014, significant areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in eastern Ukrain...
On 23 February 2022, the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, announced Russia’s plan to invade Ukrain...
The war in Ukraine has seen the use of ground and aerial weapons on a scale not seen in Europe for d...
Under the brutal control of the Soviet Union during World War II, the terrain of present-day Ukraine...
All modern conflicts bring dangers of explosive remnants of war (ERW), including unexploded ordnance...
From the beginning of their invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russian forces launched a relentle...
While no official survey of the landmine/explosive remnants of war (ERW) situation has been carried ...
While no official survey of the landmine/explosive remnants of war (ERW) situation has been carried ...
Hundreds of lives are destroyed daily; most of which are left unrecorded and unacknowledged. The str...
The HALO Trust has been working in Ukraine since 2015, a year after the hostilities in the east of t...
Hundreds of lives are destroyed daily; most of which are left unrecorded and unacknowledged. The str...
All conflicts result in environmental impacts. The use of explosive weapons can cause massive damage...
Ukraine has been struggling for its independence from several countries that have tried to consume i...
Russian troops invaded Ukrainian territory on 24 February. Russian forces have made extensive use of...
On 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation initiated military operations against Ukraine, supposedl...
Since fighting began in 2014, significant areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in eastern Ukrain...
On 23 February 2022, the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, announced Russia’s plan to invade Ukrain...
The war in Ukraine has seen the use of ground and aerial weapons on a scale not seen in Europe for d...
Under the brutal control of the Soviet Union during World War II, the terrain of present-day Ukraine...
All modern conflicts bring dangers of explosive remnants of war (ERW), including unexploded ordnance...
From the beginning of their invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russian forces launched a relentle...
While no official survey of the landmine/explosive remnants of war (ERW) situation has been carried ...
While no official survey of the landmine/explosive remnants of war (ERW) situation has been carried ...
Hundreds of lives are destroyed daily; most of which are left unrecorded and unacknowledged. The str...
The HALO Trust has been working in Ukraine since 2015, a year after the hostilities in the east of t...
Hundreds of lives are destroyed daily; most of which are left unrecorded and unacknowledged. The str...
All conflicts result in environmental impacts. The use of explosive weapons can cause massive damage...
Ukraine has been struggling for its independence from several countries that have tried to consume i...
Russian troops invaded Ukrainian territory on 24 February. Russian forces have made extensive use of...
On 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation initiated military operations against Ukraine, supposedl...
Since fighting began in 2014, significant areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in eastern Ukrain...
On 23 February 2022, the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, announced Russia’s plan to invade Ukrain...