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It's a fair point but we are talking about a place that has approximately 170,000 square kilometres of land (about the size of Florida) absolutely stuffed with
by vogon_laureate 3y ago
It's a fair point but we are talking about a place that has approximately 170,000 square kilometres of land (about the size of Florida) absolutely stuffed with anti-tank or anti-personnel landmines.[1]
After the war, there will need to be a massive international effort to clean up the whole region. It will require AI and drones and armoured tractors and all manner of techniques yet to be invented to deal with it and it will cost billions.[2]
[1]: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/06/14/an-area-six-times-larger-than-belgium-has-been-land-mined-by-russia-in-ukraine_6031533_4.html
[2]: https://www.wired.com/story/russian-landmines-ukraine-psychological-warfare/