Ukraine's landmine crisis

Ukraine has been littered with millions of landmines since Russia's invasion began two years ago. A humanitarian group says clearing them will take "generations."
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[@thewoodhippieexperience3371]

Those plastic face shields are crucial when you're dealing with land mines.

[@edl653]

Seems silly when dealing with anti-tank mines.

[@Neog2]

all fun and games until a nat, or any other number of flying bugs decides to kiss your face when trying to find a trip wire, or just the weeds poking you in the eye or face distracting you at a crucial moment when looking for secondary traps around the land mine.

[@270Winchester]

You don't really need them it's just for extra safety. A human ain't gonna set off a anti-tank mine. The petal mines don't have shrapnel so you can safely hit them with a long stick to clear them. And if you step on a conventional anti personal mine well that mask aint doing nothing.

[@gundelgaukelei5878]

And think about the animals ... 😠

[@nunyabiznez666]

Cambodia.....Vietnam 😬😢

[@elmerkilred159]

Bosnia

[@pietrojenkins6901]

@@elmerkilred159 Angola too.

[@janitorizamped]

Were mines as widely used in vietnam? That goes against everything ive been taught.

[@cideltacommand7169]

​@@elmerkilred159It's like bosnia, one wrong step and your dead"

[@BKrol-dr4gi]

Those were bombed mostly not mined....

[@Mikemikemike131]

Several million is insane to think about

[@dustintacohands1107]

Yes and Russia doesn’t even keep maps of them they only keep maps of safe lanes

[@robbypolter6689]

Who tells me these are Russian mines? The TM-62 anti-tank mine is indistinguishable from a Ukrainian one. Almost the entire inventory of mines in the Ukrainian army dates back to the times of the USSR. The TM-62 anti-tank mine shown can be safely defused. Next to the detonator is a small round lid that can be opened safely. A small special key fits there. The igniter can no longer fire after turning the key. There is a small hole under the igniter, now turn the igniter a little until you can look through the hole. Now all you need to do is insert the locking pin and secure it with the bracket. You can now safely unscrew the igniter.

[@NvTwist]

Eh I think inflation has put the $1M mark from unthinkable to fairly obtainable. Just 1m, psssh armatures

[@headishome8452]

Land mines are just awful.... the military knows what they are getting into....citizens don't.

[@760HorsePower]

I love Putin, is that understood liberal?

[@clee5653]

Saying something while saying nothing, just like a bot.

[@ThePapawhisky]

Horrible. Absolutely horrible.

[@crow8283]

I lost my father to a mine when i was 7 years old , i am 35 years old today .. i feel their pain the devastation is permanent

[@cideltacommand7169]

The mines aren't gonna sweep themselves

[@elmerkilred159]

Decades. That's a conservative estimate. Germany still has unexploded mines, ordinance, and chemical weapons in the ground from WWI in their armored training center (used to be battlefield) that are still active. In the United States a few years ago a landmine from the civil war was found in Arkansas and the whole town had to be evacuated. Russia should be held responsible for clearing mine fields when the war is over.

[@rffromusa8319]

The russians are determined for maximum casualties, civilian or military, it matters not to them.

[@lilacscentedfushias1852]

I’m part Ukrainian and have family there, one is in the AFU, thank you Halo for your amazing work and 60 minutes for telling people about this horrific situation 🇺🇦💙💛🇺🇦💙💛

[@MercurialStatic]

Blame the US, they stopped peace talks in March of 2022. You are applauding a propaganda arm of the US government, they don’t care about you or your family or you country or your future. They will fight to the last drop of Ukrainian blood, by their own admission.

[@robbypolter6689]

Who tells me these are Russian mines? The TM-62 anti-tank mine is indistinguishable from a Ukrainian one. Almost the entire inventory of mines in the Ukrainian army dates back to the times of the USSR. The TM-62 anti-tank mine shown can be safely defused. Next to the detonator is a small round lid that can be opened safely. A small special key fits there. The igniter can no longer fire after turning the key. There is a small hole under the igniter, now turn the igniter a little until you can look through the hole. Now all you need to do is insert the locking pin and secure it with the bracket. You can now safely unscrew the igniter.

[@MercurialStatic]

@@robbypolter6689 now Ukraine can be like Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. US intervention sure is great.

[@solconcordia4315]

@MercurialStatic Yeah, Vietcomm is great for unifying the Soviet Union and Red China in the Namviet Conflict.

[@MercurialStatic]

@@solconcordia4315 are you somebody who thinks the US won the Vietnam war, or is your sarcasm just that good?

[@pleiadiblu2365]

Those are not anti-personnel mines, they are anti-human mines.

[@johnnyknoxville5917]

Ukrainians have been dropping such mines into the city centers of Donetsk and Lugansk since 2014.

[@MercurialStatic]

@@johnnyknoxville5917 Most of these people don’t understand this started with the coup in 2014. Americans really do have a short memory, about 4 years.

[@00_UU]

@@johnnyknoxville5917 you mean when Russian Colonel Strelkov-Girkin invaded Ukraine with a group of Russian troops? Yeah, we all remember that and you Russian bot will never admit Putin is khuilo.

[@---usr]

​@@johnnyknoxville5917, ruzzian bots were around since 2010

[@---usr]

​@@MercurialStatic 😂

[@philliphall5198]

It’s going to be dangerous for the next 500 years

[@denjhill]

It can blow up a military vehicle, says the guy wearing a plastic shield on his head. Right.

[@phaedrussmith1949]

Landmines are not just a problem in Ukraine. It's a problem worldwide, and they don't go inert. They last until they explode, are deactivated or degrade to the point they are no longer explosive - probably a hundred years or more. There are plenty of WWII landmines out there which are still lethal.

[@WombatsDig]

If an anti-tank mine can destroy a 60-tonne mass then how can a clear plastic face mask save a fleshy human of less than 100 kilos in mass?

[@bmcc12]

In Viet Nam, we called the little one ‘toe poppers’, but they were NOT toe poppers, they were leg removers!

[@NtskRL]

All mines should have a setting allowing to choose how much time the mine gonna stay before behing auto-disarmed...

[@escapefelicity2913]

Gee, if only clinton hadn't put the kibosh on the land mine treaty. Before you ask, there are STILL mines in Lao & Cambodia.

[@jjkrums9612]

That is terrible. It would be a good idea for autonomous farm equipment to go over the ground with land rollers before they try to farm it

[@user-sg9om8zi8y]

I thought land mines were illegal due to the treaty??????????

[@HughesEnterprises]

If you don’t sign the treaty 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@leerizer]

Cluster bomb is illegal as well but American still sending it to Ukraine.

[@9ZERO6]

War is hell. And Russia (or the US which is doing thier usual proxy war machine thing) signed the treaty.

[@stevenkraft8070]

@@leerizer Russians used cluster munitions in Ukraine before America sent cluster shells to Ukraine. And Ukraine and Russia and the U.S. are not signatories to that treaty. And U.S. cluster munitions have their usage and targets logged, so any unexploded cluster munitions will be much easier to clean up than the Russian versions. And U.S. munitions are required by U.S. law to be much more reliable and have a much lower dud rate than Russian cluster munitions, so all but a few percent of the U.S. cluster munitions explode upon impact and are no longer a threat to civilians.

[@angelikalindenau943]

Do you expect Putin to respect that?

[@casualonemmo-player2167]

The scary part is that you can mine an entire area using 155 artillery shells loaded with small mines... "distance mining".

[@ECKSDEEEExD]

+1 for Justice

[@timoooo7320]

Perhaps 60 minutes can bring awareness to third world countries that have millions of unexploded mines. Egypt i think has the most mines by far, more than 20 millions mines left over by the Germans and the British from world war II.

[@sirdiealot53]

Gaza is taking the headlines but this is the most serious war in Europe in a century. Send aid now Speaker Johnson

[@KK15940]

that's sick!

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Mankind sure is classy. Imagine any other form of "superior intelligence" doing this kind of thing to ITSELF. It's pretty ludicrous and bloody embarrassing when you get right down to it. :/

[@user-lh5re8jh7u]

Congressional funding for this has left the chat.

[@ratti80]

Why don't you tell that the US has not signed the anti landmine treaty!!!

[@petrolhead4503]

Thank goodness for the plastic face shields

[@seanbrogdon9174]

It can be the difference between legless and blind or just legless

[@solconcordia4315]

When I saw the bomb expert defusing bombs and preparing to detonate a big powerful one, he was wearing a facial shield, too, in addition to the garb. It obviously has some value.

[@poil8351]

Unfortunately predictable when both sides are not exactly being careful with their use of land mines. The russians are particularly using them in a nasty way but i would also Unfortunately suggest the ukriane has been rather cavalier in how it has deployed them. I believe that vietnam and Cambodia and laos are still the most mined countries in the world

[@janklaas6885]

📍4:49

[@kneewall49]

This is a problem that Musk should spend time on finding a solution, instead of wasting time, money and his abilities on X

[@l.b.7543]

America should stop funding other countries wars

[@PeterSmith-hc1qw]

Why bother with the shield?

[@robbypolter6689]

During the Vietnam War, on the border with Laos and Cambodia, the US armed forces had around 270 million landmines, 80% of which are still there. But about this war crime one remains silent, because American anti-personnel mines were planted there by "good guys". But if you find alleged “Russian” mines, that is a crime. Only the Ukrainian mines cannot be distinguished from the Russian ones. The Ukrainian mines almost exclusively date back to the times of the USSR. From 2014 to the present, the Ukrainian army has mined large areas of Ukraine, especially the borders in Donbass. German Foreign Minister Baerbock once spoke of over 40% of Ukraine being mined and another time she spoke of 200,000 square kilometers being contaminated with mines. The "Spiegel" published a map of the minefields, the line went approximately from Kiev towards Sumi, further to Kharkov, towards Dnepropetrovsk, Kherson, Zaporozhye, further to Odessa. In other words, huge areas into which Russian troops have not penetrated or not yet.

[@cm-bp4ow]

Yeah, there were nowhere near 270 million landmines placed in Vietnam.

[@parttime9070]

Drones with infra-red cameras and paint ball gun that fires down to mark the spot..

[@NeqMed]

Praying for the people of the Ukraine. Praying we approve aid. It should be a humanitarian war crime.

[@robbypolter6689]

During the Vietnam War, on the border with Cambodia and Laos, the US Army laid around 270 million mines, 80% are always there and there are casualties among the civilian population almost every day. But people don't talk about it because the anti-personnel mines were laid by "good" guys.

[@NeqMed]

@@robbypolter6689 that’s horrible to know, making their ( Cambodian) land unusable, tragically dangerous to generations.

[@9ZERO6]

War is too profitable to ever go away. Anyways, mines are one thing, just be thankful no chlorine or mustard gas has been used in recent years. Things would get real spicy if someone gave the "ban" of their use middle finger.

[@solconcordia4315]

Chlorine was used in Syria "barrel bombs."

[@mattblink]

Poor Ukrainians

[@anotherplottwist]

Laos & Cambodia just watching thinking.. "noobs"

[@aenorist2431]

God this is so painfully slow and basic ... is this really the level at which you have to educate to reach the average american?

[@mSherjeelr]

An unnecessary war that could have been avoided

[@jujujuliahh7126]

It is horrible what russia has done to Ukraine's land and its people.

[@TomStan-sw2wj]

America makes it even worse….

[@user-lh5re8jh7u]

US is fighting a proxy war with Russia. What has Russia done to us since 1991? Asking for a friend.

[@l.b.7543]

Ukraine should return Poland its land that was taken in WW2

[@robbypolter6689]

During the Vietnam War, on the border with Cambodia and Laos, the US Army laid around 270 million mines, 80% are always there and there are casualties among the civilian population almost every day. But people don't talk about it because the anti-personnel mines were laid by "good" guys.

[@spectre750]

If Ukraine hadn't been shelling civilians in the Donbas since 2014, it wouldn't have happened. It is NATO who have enabled Zelensky to send his people to their death. He could have had peace in 2022 but listened to Boris the clown Johnson.

[@user-iz6mb1sv9k]

if its is all human's biggest question of Education self book's saying Management's is failures to mange since beginnings '

[@Dumpsack]

hOLY Cripes

[@lemontadams3029]

NATO nations can only prevent an inevitable loss to Russian forces in Ukraine by deploying the Alliance’s troops to the former Soviet republic, a former adviser to the US military claims. ‘The arithmetic is inescapable: NATO countries will soon have to send soldiers to Ukraine - or else accept catastrophic humiliating defeat again,’ military strategist Edward Luttwak wrote in British online media outlet UnHerd. Mission Creep and we know how mission creep in Vietnam and Afghanistan ended:

[@dawns4641]

My nephew who is a U.S. Vet is serving in Ukraine, he stepped on a mine a month ago. He didn’t die or loose a limb thank goodness. However, his arm might be permanently damaged. Vets are hero’s and it is important that Ukraine wins freedom. Russia is our enemy folks.

[@l.b.7543]

Why would he go over there to fight in a European war.

[@9ZERO6]

Your nephew should not be in Ukraine. No US personnel should be.

[@genestone4951]

LOL maybe he learned his lesson. Don't poke the Bear.

[@Thewhippedhippie]

@@genestone4951exactly, foolish nato has cost humanity a lot.

[@genestone4951]

@@Thewhippedhippie and Russia is not my enemy.

[@CotayFuler]

Gainess

[@Wizardof]

The Russians are good at finding 'em.

[@solconcordia4315]

I suspect that the Russians have already forgotten where they laid their land mines so meat wave mine clearing applied.

[@theboringchannel2027]

Protective gear they are wearing is useless if a mine explodes.

[@L.h314]

Where is the logic in your show? What is America doing to fight against Russians. I know every single world in your interview but that it. Talk and talk, talk and talk.

[@NvTwist]

Those face shields.😂 The absurdity is hilarious…

[@Neog2]

I don't see how so many people miss the obvious. When your face is down near the ground where the weeds can poke you in the eye, or bugs can kiss your face at the most inopportune time when trying to find trip wires and other secondary traps around the landmines. But yeah the vest and or Hard hats are absolutely pointless.

[@NvTwist]

@@Neog2 4:36 wonder how well they spot anything without spending the extra coin for the anti fog coating of the 1/4” thick plexi/acrylic. It’s theatre to give the appearance of legitimacy. Link placing mines for the days visiting journalist’s to LARP as EOD, pose for photos “see were professionals, fund our mission” The only thing that equipment can actually be useful for is kabuki theaters to fool the people that don’t understand &/or don’t look close enough. All mines that are not within clearly marked and fenced ARE EQUIPPED WITH SELF-DESTRUCT OR SELF-DEACTIVATING SETUP, on top of that the side that deployed the mines are required to remove them after the conflict has ended. IT’S ANOTHER MONEY GRAB SCAM.

[@Neog2]

@NvTwist are you saying there isn't a mine problem over there? I get the 60 minutes people were probably taken to a staged area so they could show them and in turn show us to get more money. But I'm just wondering if you believe or not there is a mine issue actively right now.

[@NvTwist]

@@Neog2 it’s currently an active war zone so there’s no doubt that many areas have mines deployed by both sides. Ukraine has placed mines on their own soil so it’s double trouble for civilians…. But mine clearing in active conflict is pointless, as soon as an area is cleared overnight more can be deployed so the next day to be sure it’s still clear the area must be searched again.

[@solconcordia4315]

Clearing mines isn't entirely pointless during the current conflict. It's important to serve military objectives to clear the land mines in areas needed for troops movements.

[@cesarelocran]

😂😂😂😂

[@eliassalcedo5229]

What is Putins ethical purpose with the mines ?

[@Neog2]

If I can't have it you can't have it. Is the only mindset I can think of. Because even if they occupied that land. There isn't an easy way to remove them if you are trying to use the land afterwards. I mean I highly doubt they mapped out where they placed each mine. So removing them would be just as painstakingly slow for anybody.

[@Cotac_Rastic]

​@@Neog2 Thats...literally what they do???

[@Cotac_Rastic]

​@@Neog2 They HAVE to create maps, otherwise how will they use it when their own forces need to clear the area?? 😂😂

[@robbypolter6689]

Who tells me these are Russian mines? The TM-62 anti-tank mine is indistinguishable from a Ukrainian one. Almost the entire inventory of mines in the Ukrainian army dates back to the times of the USSR. The TM-62 anti-tank mine shown can be safely defused. Next to the detonator is a small round lid that can be opened safely. A small special key fits there. The igniter can no longer fire after turning the key. There is a small hole under the igniter, now turn the igniter a little until you can look through the hole. Now all you need to do is insert the locking pin and secure it with the bracket. You can now safely unscrew the igniter.

[@chazcontramundum2224]

I wonder why he didn't mention that the pedal mines are UKRAINIAN, not Russian.

[@rffromusa8319]

Ukrainian military is not dropping small mines into their own territory. 😂 Get some fact checking done. The video evidence of russians cluster bombing apartments with only civilians living there is overwhelming. Those are russian mines cookie.

[@Heardbydeaf]

And surely Ukraine was bored and just for fun mined their fields etc... sure... Also, most of the military stuff is quite often taken and reused by both sides. Most of missiles that hit Ukraine are full of western parts - so your conclusion - west is attacking Ukraine=?!

[@CotayFuler]

Gayness

[@bencaldwell7234]

🤔

[@adamfrbs9259]

Those masks won't even stop a common cold...pretty hilarious to wear them lol.

[@richardthetroll6758]

That plastic face shield is useless 😅😅

[@lukemurray4950]

What makes me laugh about this is when Ukraine was scattering land mines across the country at the beginning nothing was said. When Russia do it to protect their gains, it's now a problem.

[@elmerkilred159]

It makes you laugh, Igor? Were you laughing when Russia invaded Ukraine?

[@lukemurray4950]

@@elmerkilred159 It makes me laugh because not only is it hypocritical, it just proves the straight up propaganda around this incident. As you can see, my name is not Igor, nor am I Russian. And no I was not laughing when Russian invaded Ukraine because I knew it was just yet another war started by the United States of Terrorism.

[@elmerkilred159]

@@lukemurray4950 Cool story, Igor.

[@mr.giggles4995]

​@@elmerkilred159 Ukraine couldn't get ships in or out of their port because they placed so many mines in the sea and a storm moved them all around and they lost track of them.

[@Cotac_Rastic]

​@@elmerkilred159 Do you have little slavic men living in your head rent free?

[@deecee1522]

Shame on Russia

[@robbypolter6689]

During the Vietnam War, on the border with Cambodia and Laos, the US Army laid around 270 million mines, 80% are always there and there are casualties among the civilian population almost every day. But people don't talk about it because the anti-personnel mines were laid by "good" guys.

[@Heardbydeaf]

@@robbypolter6689 so every time somebody does smth terrible you will crawl out and talk bout somebody else who did it also...will that make it somehow better? Or you just wanna look smart? Will Vietnam mines make those t.rrorist r.SS:a's laid mines somehow less evil? Less harmful?

[@ReRiderChi]

No more US taxpayer dollars to Ukraine

[@Thewhippedhippie]

If Ukraine would have kept the Minsk agreement this wouldn’t have happen. Have their president go find each one them. He created this problem. Lead to success not to war. Comedy man is a fool. Always has been since his birth. : I am a US tax payer. I can complain if I want too.

[@solconcordia4315]

Russia didn't comply with the Minsk Agreements.

[@rbrb5275]

More propaganda

[@amadoundaw8237]

Propaganda American

[@TheListOf]

Such BS PROPAGANDA!!!! 😂😂

[@elmerkilred159]

Just like the fake terrorist attack in Moscow? Putin just made it up because he's losing a war. LOL!

[@user-ew8xj5pg7y]

God loves you and takes care of you so that this message reaches you. God is the one who created this great universe and has complete control over it. And the greatest loss that a person loses in this life is that he lives while he does not know God who created him, knowing the Messenger of Muhammad, the last of the messengers, and the Islamic religion, the last of the heavenly religions. The great intelligence, before you believe in something or not, is to read it, study it, and understand it well, and then you have the choice to believe in it or not. I advise you on this now before you do not have time to do that.

[@sareeyemanusqaame8723]

Russia didn't invade Ukraine let alone full scale!!

[@elmerkilred159]

Russia just magically appeared like a leprechaun?

[@user-lh5re8jh7u]

​@elmerkilred159 it would be nice if your edification would appear like a leprechaun.

[@l.b.7543]

I thought the Ukraines were winning already

[@frozenlama23]

​@@l.b.7543I thought Russia could take kive in a week 😂

[@Cotac_Rastic]

​@@frozenlama23 If they didn't care about the civilians, sure.