A group of 15 Ukrainian deminers on January 20 wrapped up a week of training in Cambodia, where experts who have cleared minefields from one of the world's most contaminated countries shared their expertise with the relative newcomers to the dangerous job. Cambodia is still strewn with mines from three decades of war and internal conflicts that ended in 1998, while the problem in Ukraine is a new one since Russia's invasion last year. Ukrainian deminer Stanislav Kulykiusky said his team was grateful for the training, as 64 deminers have been injured and 13 killed in Ukraine. To read the original story from AP, click here.
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