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Second Burn Victim Dies from Leon Fires - Spain

Forest firefighting teams on August 14, 2025, in Villamontán de la Valduerna, León, Castilla y León (Spain). Today a second volunteer died, Jaime Aparicio, one of the seven injured who remained hospitalized with 85% of his body burned and in critical condition at the University Hospital Río Hortega in Valladolid. He is a 37 year old young man who accompanied the first deceased, Abel Ramos, last Tuesday when they were trying to help in the south of Leon to extinguish the fire that came to the area from the Zamorano municipality of Molezuelas. Photo by Fernando Otero/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Situation 2 Declared for Active Fire in Salvaterra do Mino - Spain

Emergency services teams work to extinguish the fire, on July 28, 2025, in Salvaterra do Miño, Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). The Consellería do Medio Rural has decreed the 'situation 2' as a preventive measure by proximity to homes in an active forest fire in the parish of Pesqueiras, in the Pontevedra municipality of Salvaterra do Miño. The fire started at 15.45 hours this Monday, July 28, and according to initial estimates affects an area of 12 hectares. At the moment, a technician, three agents, 10 brigades, four motor-pumpers, two pas, seven airplanes and seven helicopters have been mobilized for its extinction. Photo by Adrian Irago/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Situation 2 Declared for Active Fire in Salvaterra do Mino - Spain

Emergency services teams work to extinguish the fire, on July 28, 2025, in Salvaterra do Miño, Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). The Consellería do Medio Rural has decreed the 'situation 2' as a preventive measure by proximity to homes in an active forest fire in the parish of Pesqueiras, in the Pontevedra municipality of Salvaterra do Miño. The fire started at 15.45 hours this Monday, July 28, and according to initial estimates affects an area of 12 hectares. At the moment, a technician, three agents, 10 brigades, four motor-pumpers, two pas, seven airplanes and seven helicopters have been mobilized for its extinction. Photo by Adrian Irago/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Situation 2 Declared for Active Fire in Salvaterra do Mino - Spain

Emergency services teams work to extinguish the fire, on July 28, 2025, in Salvaterra do Miño, Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). The Consellería do Medio Rural has decreed the 'situation 2' as a preventive measure by proximity to homes in an active forest fire in the parish of Pesqueiras, in the Pontevedra municipality of Salvaterra do Miño. The fire started at 15.45 hours this Monday, July 28, and according to initial estimates affects an area of 12 hectares. At the moment, a technician, three agents, 10 brigades, four motor-pumpers, two pas, seven airplanes and seven helicopters have been mobilized for its extinction. Photo by Adrian Irago/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Situation 2 Declared for Active Fire in Salvaterra do Mino - Spain

Emergency services teams work to extinguish the fire, on July 28, 2025, in Salvaterra do Miño, Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). The Consellería do Medio Rural has decreed the 'situation 2' as a preventive measure by proximity to homes in an active forest fire in the parish of Pesqueiras, in the Pontevedra municipality of Salvaterra do Miño. The fire started at 15.45 hours this Monday, July 28, and according to initial estimates affects an area of 12 hectares. At the moment, a technician, three agents, 10 brigades, four motor-pumpers, two pas, seven airplanes and seven helicopters have been mobilized for its extinction. Photo by Adrian Irago/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Situation 2 Declared for Active Fire in Salvaterra do Mino - Spain

Emergency services teams work to extinguish the fire, on July 28, 2025, in Salvaterra do Miño, Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). The Consellería do Medio Rural has decreed the 'situation 2' as a preventive measure by proximity to homes in an active forest fire in the parish of Pesqueiras, in the Pontevedra municipality of Salvaterra do Miño. The fire started at 15.45 hours this Monday, July 28, and according to initial estimates affects an area of 12 hectares. At the moment, a technician, three agents, 10 brigades, four motor-pumpers, two pas, seven airplanes and seven helicopters have been mobilized for its extinction. Photo by Adrian Irago/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Situation 2 Declared for Active Fire in Salvaterra do Mino - Spain

Emergency services teams work to extinguish the fire, on July 28, 2025, in Salvaterra do Miño, Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). The Consellería do Medio Rural has decreed the 'situation 2' as a preventive measure by proximity to homes in an active forest fire in the parish of Pesqueiras, in the Pontevedra municipality of Salvaterra do Miño. The fire started at 15.45 hours this Monday, July 28, and according to initial estimates affects an area of 12 hectares. At the moment, a technician, three agents, 10 brigades, four motor-pumpers, two pas, seven airplanes and seven helicopters have been mobilized for its extinction. Photo by Adrian Irago/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Situation 2 Declared for Active Fire in Salvaterra do Mino - Spain

Emergency services teams work to extinguish the fire, on July 28, 2025, in Salvaterra do Miño, Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). The Consellería do Medio Rural has decreed the 'situation 2' as a preventive measure by proximity to homes in an active forest fire in the parish of Pesqueiras, in the Pontevedra municipality of Salvaterra do Miño. The fire started at 15.45 hours this Monday, July 28, and according to initial estimates affects an area of 12 hectares. At the moment, a technician, three agents, 10 brigades, four motor-pumpers, two pas, seven airplanes and seven helicopters have been mobilized for its extinction. Photo by Adrian Irago/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Situation 2 Declared for Active Fire in Salvaterra do Mino - Spain

Emergency services teams work to extinguish the fire, on July 28, 2025, in Salvaterra do Miño, Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). The Consellería do Medio Rural has decreed the 'situation 2' as a preventive measure by proximity to homes in an active forest fire in the parish of Pesqueiras, in the Pontevedra municipality of Salvaterra do Miño. The fire started at 15.45 hours this Monday, July 28, and according to initial estimates affects an area of 12 hectares. At the moment, a technician, three agents, 10 brigades, four motor-pumpers, two pas, seven airplanes and seven helicopters have been mobilized for its extinction. Photo by Adrian Irago/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Situation 2 Declared for Active Fire in Salvaterra do Mino - Spain

Emergency services teams work to extinguish the fire, on July 28, 2025, in Salvaterra do Miño, Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). The Consellería do Medio Rural has decreed the 'situation 2' as a preventive measure by proximity to homes in an active forest fire in the parish of Pesqueiras, in the Pontevedra municipality of Salvaterra do Miño. The fire started at 15.45 hours this Monday, July 28, and according to initial estimates affects an area of 12 hectares. At the moment, a technician, three agents, 10 brigades, four motor-pumpers, two pas, seven airplanes and seven helicopters have been mobilized for its extinction. Photo by Adrian Irago/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Situation 2 Declared for Active Fire in Salvaterra do Mino - Spain

Emergency services teams work to extinguish the fire, on July 28, 2025, in Salvaterra do Miño, Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). The Consellería do Medio Rural has decreed the 'situation 2' as a preventive measure by proximity to homes in an active forest fire in the parish of Pesqueiras, in the Pontevedra municipality of Salvaterra do Miño. The fire started at 15.45 hours this Monday, July 28, and according to initial estimates affects an area of 12 hectares. At the moment, a technician, three agents, 10 brigades, four motor-pumpers, two pas, seven airplanes and seven helicopters have been mobilized for its extinction. Photo by Adrian Irago/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Russia Hits Civilian Infrastructure - Kyiv

A group of people watches as rescue teams work in the area where a building was destroyed by a Russian missile on Monday, 23 June, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on Kyiv, killing seven people and injuring 30 others – including two children and a pregnant woman – according to rescue corps press officer Svitlana Vodolaha. Photo by Ximena Borrazas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Russia Hits Civilian Infrastructure - Kyiv

Rescue teams working in the building destroyed by a Russian missile on Monday, 23 June, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on Kyiv, killing seven people and injuring 30 others – including two children and a pregnant woman – according to rescue corps press officer Svitlana Vodolaha. Photo by Ximena Borrazas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Russia Hits Civilian Infrastructure - Kyiv

A man sits holding his head as rescue teams work in the area where a building was destroyed by a Russian missile on Monday, 23 June, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on Kyiv, killing seven people and injuring 30 others – including two children and a pregnant woman – according to rescue corps press officer Svitlana Vodolaha. Photo by Ximena Borrazas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Expedition 72 Soyuz Landing in Kazakhstan

Handout photo dated on April 20, 2025 shows Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft shortly after it landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 72 NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner aboard, Sunday, April 20, 2025, (April 19 Eastern). The trio returned to Earth after logging 220 days in space as members of Expeditions 71 and 72 aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Don Pettit has safely returned to Earth after a seven-month mission aboard the ISS, landing with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner. Their Soyuz MS-26 capsule touched down near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, 20 April. Pettit’s 70th birthday. During their 220-day stay, the crew orbited Earth 3,520 times and traveled 93.3 million miles. Pettit participated in key experiments, including 3D printing in microgravity, water purification, plant growth studies, and fire behavior in space. He also shared im

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Expedition 72 Soyuz Landing in Kazakhstan

Handout photo dated on April 20, 2025 shows Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft shortly after it landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 72 NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner aboard, Sunday, April 20, 2025, (April 19 Eastern). The trio returned to Earth after logging 220 days in space as members of Expeditions 71 and 72 aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Don Pettit has safely returned to Earth after a seven-month mission aboard the ISS, landing with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner. Their Soyuz MS-26 capsule touched down near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, 20 April. Pettit’s 70th birthday. During their 220-day stay, the crew orbited Earth 3,520 times and traveled 93.3 million miles. Pettit participated in key experiments, including 3D printing in microgravity, water purification, plant growth studies, and fire behavior in space. He also shared im

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Expedition 72 Soyuz Landing in Kazakhstan

Handout photo dated on April 20, 2025 shows Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft shortly after it landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 72 NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner aboard, Sunday, April 20, 2025, (April 19 Eastern). The trio returned to Earth after logging 220 days in space as members of Expeditions 71 and 72 aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Don Pettit has safely returned to Earth after a seven-month mission aboard the ISS, landing with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner. Their Soyuz MS-26 capsule touched down near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, 20 April. Pettit’s 70th birthday. During their 220-day stay, the crew orbited Earth 3,520 times and traveled 93.3 million miles. Pettit participated in key experiments, including 3D printing in microgravity, water purification, plant growth studies, and fire behavior in space. He also shared im

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Expedition 72 Soyuz Landing in Kazakhstan

Handout photo dated on April 20, 2025 shows Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft shortly after it landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 72 NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner aboard, Sunday, April 20, 2025, (April 19 Eastern). The trio returned to Earth after logging 220 days in space as members of Expeditions 71 and 72 aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Don Pettit has safely returned to Earth after a seven-month mission aboard the ISS, landing with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner. Their Soyuz MS-26 capsule touched down near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, 20 April. Pettit’s 70th birthday. During their 220-day stay, the crew orbited Earth 3,520 times and traveled 93.3 million miles. Pettit participated in key experiments, including 3D printing in microgravity, water purification, plant growth studies, and fire behavior in space. He also shared im

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Mass Grave Found Near Damascus - Syria

A new mass grave discovered in Douma, outside of Damascus. Seven bodies were found in bags in the same grave in a military facility in Douma, near Damascus, Syria, on December 17, 2024. in the examination conducted by the White Helmets, it was determined that the bodies' bags were written with names and prison numbers. After taked DNA from the bodies, the White Helmet teams took them to the forensic medicine institute for examination. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mass Grave Found Near Damascus - Syria

A new mass grave discovered in Douma, outside of Damascus. Seven bodies were found in bags in the same grave in a military facility in Douma, near Damascus, Syria, on December 17, 2024. in the examination conducted by the White Helmets, it was determined that the bodies' bags were written with names and prison numbers. After taked DNA from the bodies, the White Helmet teams took them to the forensic medicine institute for examination. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mass Grave Found Near Damascus - Syria

A new mass grave discovered in Douma, outside of Damascus. Seven bodies were found in bags in the same grave in a military facility in Douma, near Damascus, Syria, on December 17, 2024. in the examination conducted by the White Helmets, it was determined that the bodies' bags were written with names and prison numbers. After taked DNA from the bodies, the White Helmet teams took them to the forensic medicine institute for examination. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mass Grave Found Near Damascus - Syria

A new mass grave discovered in Douma, outside of Damascus. Seven bodies were found in bags in the same grave in a military facility in Douma, near Damascus, Syria, on December 17, 2024. in the examination conducted by the White Helmets, it was determined that the bodies' bags were written with names and prison numbers. After taked DNA from the bodies, the White Helmet teams took them to the forensic medicine institute for examination. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mass Grave Found Near Damascus - Syria

A new mass grave discovered in Douma, outside of Damascus. Seven bodies were found in bags in the same grave in a military facility in Douma, near Damascus, Syria, on December 17, 2024. in the examination conducted by the White Helmets, it was determined that the bodies' bags were written with names and prison numbers. After taked DNA from the bodies, the White Helmet teams took them to the forensic medicine institute for examination. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mass Grave Found Near Damascus - Syria

A new mass grave discovered in Douma, outside of Damascus. Seven bodies were found in bags in the same grave in a military facility in Douma, near Damascus, Syria, on December 17, 2024. in the examination conducted by the White Helmets, it was determined that the bodies' bags were written with names and prison numbers. After taked DNA from the bodies, the White Helmet teams took them to the forensic medicine institute for examination. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mass Grave Found Near Damascus - Syria

A new mass grave discovered in Douma, outside of Damascus. Seven bodies were found in bags in the same grave in a military facility in Douma, near Damascus, Syria, on December 17, 2024. in the examination conducted by the White Helmets, it was determined that the bodies' bags were written with names and prison numbers. After taked DNA from the bodies, the White Helmet teams took them to the forensic medicine institute for examination. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mass Grave Found Near Damascus - Syria

A new mass grave discovered in Douma, outside of Damascus. Seven bodies were found in bags in the same grave in a military facility in Douma, near Damascus, Syria, on December 17, 2024. in the examination conducted by the White Helmets, it was determined that the bodies' bags were written with names and prison numbers. After taked DNA from the bodies, the White Helmet teams took them to the forensic medicine institute for examination. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mass Grave Found Near Damascus - Syria

A new mass grave discovered in Douma, outside of Damascus. Seven bodies were found in bags in the same grave in a military facility in Douma, near Damascus, Syria, on December 17, 2024. in the examination conducted by the White Helmets, it was determined that the bodies' bags were written with names and prison numbers. After taked DNA from the bodies, the White Helmet teams took them to the forensic medicine institute for examination. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Launch of humanitarian demining project involving women canine handlers in Ukraine

KRASYLIVKA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21, 2024 - A canine handler is being interviewed during the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.

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Launch of humanitarian demining project involving women canine handlers in Ukraine

KRASYLIVKA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21, 2024 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Netherlands to Ukraine Alle Tammo Sytse Dorhout, UNDP Resident Representative Jaco Cilliers, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Spain to Ukraine Ricardo Lopez-Aranda Jagu and Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine Ihor Bezkaravainyi (L to R) attend the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.

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Launch of humanitarian demining project involving women canine handlers in Ukraine

KRASYLIVKA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21, 2024 - A canine handler with a Belgian Malinois is being interviewed during the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.

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Launch of humanitarian demining project involving women canine handlers in Ukraine

KRASYLIVKA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21, 2024 - Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine Ihor Bezkaravainyi attends the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.

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Launch of humanitarian demining project involving women canine handlers in Ukraine

KRASYLIVKA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21, 2024 - UNDP Resident Representative Jaco Cilliers attends the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.

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Launch of humanitarian demining project involving women canine handlers in Ukraine

KRASYLIVKA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21, 2024 - Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine Ihor Bezkaravainyi (L) attends the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.

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Launch of humanitarian demining project involving women canine handlers in Ukraine

KRASYLIVKA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21, 2024 - Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine Ihor Bezkaravainyi (L) and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Netherlands to Ukraine Alle Tammo Sytse Dorhout attend the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.

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Launch of humanitarian demining project involving women canine handlers in Ukraine

KRASYLIVKA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21, 2024 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Spain to Ukraine Ricardo Lopez-Aranda Jagu delivers a speech during the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.

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Launch of humanitarian demining project involving women canine handlers in Ukraine

KRASYLIVKA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21, 2024 - UNDP Resident Representative Jaco Cilliers, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Netherlands to Ukraine Alle Tammo Sytse Dorhout and Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine Ihor Bezkaravainyi (R to L) attend the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.

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Launch of humanitarian demining project involving women canine handlers in Ukraine

KRASYLIVKA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21, 2024 - A canine handler gives a demonstration of searching for mines during the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.

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Launch of humanitarian demining project involving women canine handlers in Ukraine

KRASYLIVKA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21, 2024 - Canine handlers line up during the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.

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Launch of humanitarian demining project involving women canine handlers in Ukraine

KRASYLIVKA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21, 2024 - A canine handler is being interviewed during the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.

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Launch of humanitarian demining project involving women canine handlers in Ukraine

KRASYLIVKA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21, 2024 - A canine handler gives a demonstration of searching for mines with a Belgian Malinois during the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.

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Launch of humanitarian demining project involving women canine handlers in Ukraine

KRASYLIVKA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21, 2024 - A 'Danger Mines!' sign is at a training ground during the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.

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Launch of humanitarian demining project involving women canine handlers in Ukraine

KRASYLIVKA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21, 2024 - A canine handler with a Belgian Malinois is being interviewed during the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.

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Launch of humanitarian demining project involving women canine handlers in Ukraine

KRASYLIVKA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21, 2024 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Spain to Ukraine Ricardo Lopez-Aranda Jagu and Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine Ihor Bezkaravainyi (R to L) attend the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.

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Launch of humanitarian demining project involving women canine handlers in Ukraine

KRASYLIVKA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21, 2024 - A canine handler gives water to a Belgian Malinois during the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.

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Launch of humanitarian demining project involving women canine handlers in Ukraine

KRASYLIVKA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21, 2024 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Netherlands to Ukraine Alle Tammo Sytse Dorhout, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Spain to Ukraine Ricardo Lopez-Aranda Jagu, Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine Ihor Bezkaravainyi and UNDP Resident Representative Jaco Cilliers (R to L) attend the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.

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Launch of humanitarian demining project involving women canine handlers in Ukraine

KRASYLIVKA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21, 2024 - Canine handlers and their dogs line up during the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.

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Launch of humanitarian demining project involving women canine handlers in Ukraine

KRASYLIVKA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21, 2024 - Canine handlers and their dogs line up during the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.

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Launch of humanitarian demining project involving women canine handlers in Ukraine

KRASYLIVKA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21, 2024 - A canine handler demonstrates the search for mines with a Belgian Malinois during the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.

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Launch of humanitarian demining project involving women canine handlers in Ukraine

KRASYLIVKA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21, 2024 - A canine handler gives a demonstration of searching for mines with a Belgian Malinois during the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.

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Launch of humanitarian demining project involving women canine handlers in Ukraine

KRASYLIVKA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21, 2024 - Participants pose for a photo during the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.