Ukrainian deminers get training in Cyprus from US, Irish experts

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Ukrainian deminers get training in Cyprus from US, Irish experts
By Menelaos Hadjicostis
May 14, 10:54 AM
An interior ministry sapper defuses a mine on a minefield after recent battles in Irpin close to Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 19, 2022.
FILE - An interior ministry sapper defuses a mine on a minefield after recent battles in Irpin close to Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 19, 2022. (Efrem Lukatsky/AP, File)

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus is working together with Irish and U.S. military experts to help train two groups of Ukrainian personnel in clearing an untold number of unmarked minefields in their homeland, the island nation’s defense minister said Friday.

Replying to an Associated Press query, Minister Michalis Georgallas said a first group of 24 Ukrainians was currently undergoing training in Cypriot military installations, with another group expected to arrive next month.

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