The Ukranian city of Izium presents a gruesome reminder of the ongoing cost of war, as residents fall victim to land mines riddled throughout the liberated area long after the occupation ended.
In this war-scarred city in Ukraine's north-east, residents scrutinise every step for land mines.The hunt for collaborators of the not-so-long-ago Russian occupation poisons tight-knit communities.
Large red signs warning "MINES" rest against a tree between a church and the city's main hospital, still functioning despite heavy Russian bombardment. In a January report, the rights monitor also called on Kyiv to investigate the Ukrainian military's apparent use of thousands of banned petal mines in Izium.
His son, Eduard, had de-mined a narrow path with a shovel. Mr Rabenko had walked down it several times up until December 4, when he lost his right foot while clearing some sticks. Of the 451 bodies exhumed in Izium, including nearly 440 found in mass graves, 125 have still not been identified, said Serhii Bolvinov, the head of the Investigations Department of Kharkiv's National Police.Some are so decomposed it is difficult to extract a DNA sample, he said. Other times, authorities are unable to find a DNA match among relatives. The painstaking work can take months.
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