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LIBERALS PLEDGE $15M TO REMOVE UKRAINE MINES

The Trudeau government is pledging to spend $15 million to remove mines in Ukraine. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says the funding is meant to make the country safer after Russia has laid hundreds of the indiscriminate weapons. “The Ukrainian authorities now estimate that landmines are found in 30 per cent of the country,” Joly said in a speech on Monday at Carleton University in Ottawa. Human Rights Watch says Ukrainian forces have also been laying anti-tank mines across the country. Joly made the announcement on Monday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty, which bans landmines in most countries. Ottawa has so far provided Canadian-made bomb suits to help protect Ukrainian deminers and has plans to help fund remote-control systems to clear large areas.

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