00:00This dog is in training to help clear landmines in Ukraine.
00:03According to CBS News, since Russia's invasion in 2022, Ukraine has become one of the most heavily
00:08mined nations on the planet. Russia has planted a variety of the explosive devices in the country,
00:13but Human Rights Watch has reported that the Ukrainian military has used them as well.
00:17That will leave the country with a lot of cleanup work necessary to make the infested areas safe
00:21again. Representatives of this canine-based project say that a mind-sniffing dog can
00:26inspect up to 75 times as big of an area as a human in the same amount of time.
00:31NBC News reports that many women are involved in demining,
00:34partly because men are expected to serve in Ukraine's military.
00:38Dog handler Karina Buchma says she is doing what she loves and helping her country.
00:42United Nations Development Programme resident representative Jocko Kalliers
00:46says that dogs are just one approach to this problem.
00:49We also work on areas such as drone technology and other new innovations
00:53that also helps to clear the land as was mentioned as quickly as possible for the people to be used.
