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U.S. to fund $89 million demining project in Ukraine.

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The U.S. State Department said that it would fund the deployment of about 100 demining teams and support a large-scale train and equip project to strengthen Ukraine's demining capacity. “Landmines, unexploded ordnance, and other hazards block farmland, delay reconstruction, keep people from returning, and kill and maim innocent Ukrainians,” U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink said.

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