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The 700-Year War: An Aussie Scientist’s Mission to Disarm Ukraine’s Deadliest Legacy

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The 700-Year War: An Aussie Scientist’s Mission to Disarm Ukraine’s Deadliest Legacy

A deminer of Ukrainian national police inspects mines that were found in a field in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 24, 2023. Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty Images

From his desk in Australia, environmental scientist Allan Dobrovolsky is leading a quiet war against one of the deadliest legacies of the Russia-Ukraine War: landmines.

His grassroots non-profit, the International Action Alliance, is betting that local fundraising can help deploy the latest drone technology to shave critical time off Ukraine’s slated centuries-long recovery.

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