SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Mey, a Belgian shepherd, and her trainer Kenan Muftic learned how to effectively detect mines and unexploded ordnance last week, negotiating various obstacles and scenarios in a ...

A full-scale Russian invasion left almost a third of Ukraine hazardous because of mines. Contaminated territory is reduced by 35,000 square kilometers with 130,000 operations of the pyrotechnic units ...

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan — At the headquarters of the Coalition Joint Task Force 180, man’s best friend is also man’s protector. Twenty-one German shepherds and Belgian Malinois have been ...

World-renowned for their experience with clearing land mines after the Balkan wars of the 1990s, a team of demining experts from Bosnia are in Ukraine helping to train sappers. Some 35,000 square ...

Ukraine today is one of the most mined countries in the world - about 20% of the land cannot be used due to occupation or mining, which creates a need for new survey solutions for the rapid return of ...

KYIV (Feb. 19, 2026) – Chivas the demining dog has a rapt audience when he takes part in mine safety awareness sessions in Ukraine, where one in every 10 landmine casualties is a child. Crossing his ...

(MENAFN- UkrinForm) By the end of the year, Ukraine aims to establish a standardized procedure for the involvement of dogs in humanitarian demining operations. Deputy Economy Minister Ihor ...