Brave Scot clearing landmines in Ukraine tells of near miss amid Russian airstrike
A brave Scots woman who is helping clear landmines in Ukraine amidst Putin’s invasion has told how she was just minutes away from being hit by a Russian airstrike. Mairi Cunningham, from Broughty Ferry, near Dundee, is leading the HALO Trust’s demining task force and admits that the risky job has got even harder after the war broke out.
“Although we are now far away from advancing Russian troops, we still face the threat of missile strikes across the country. I had an uncomfortably close shave in Lviv. The HALO Trust is ridding areas around Kyiv of deadly explosive devices with support of £2million funding from the UK Government. The vital cash is helping the charity to survey and then clear devices from areas in Ukraine where Russian troops have recently withdrawn.
“It was like the Truman Show and moving around on a film set in Central Kyiv, but with this sinister backdrop of something bad going to happen, which ultimately it did. Our operations were suspended but we maintained a symbolic presence in Lviv to support our local staff remotely and on the day of the invasion, it took us 12 hours to travel about 2km to cross the border into Poland.
Brave Mairi returned to Kyiv in April as the Russians were pushed back from the Ukrainian capital and HALO’s demining work resumed from May. She said: “I doubt either of my parents are happy with my career choice right now but hopefully they understand why we’re here. I think they are proud of the work we are doing.
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