The U.N. children’s fund warns that 220,000 children in the area of eastern Ukraine controlled by Russian-backed separatists are at risk of being killed or maimed by landmines and other explosive remnants of war.
Eastern Ukraine is one of the most mine-contaminated places on earth. Well into its fourth year of war, the Donetsk and Luhansk regions are riddled with deadly explosives that are taking a heavy toll on the lives and well-being of its children.
