The use of US-made cluster bombs will only make the situation worse, the paper reports
The conflict with Russia has turned Ukraine into the “most mined country” in the world, the Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing data from the nation’s government and several non-governmental humanitarian mine clearance groups.

据《华盛顿邮报》周六报道，使用美国制造的集束炸弹只会让情况变得更糟。该报援引乌克兰政府和几个非政府人道主义地雷清除组织的数据称，与俄罗斯的冲突已将乌克兰变成了世界上“最受地雷威胁”的国家。

Almost one-third of Ukraine’s territory has been affected by heavy fighting and will likely require intense demining operations, the media outlet said, adding that over 67,000 square miles (173,529 square kilometers) have been contaminated with unexploded ordnance, according to Slovakia-based think tank GLOBSEC. That’s more than the size of Florida and roughly equivalent to Uruguay.
“The sheer quantity of ordnance in Ukraine is just unprecedented in the last 30 years. There’s nothing like it,” Greg Crowther, the director of programs at British NGO Mines Advisory Group, told the Washington Post.

据媒体报道，乌克兰约有三分之一的领土受到严重战斗影响，可能需要进行大规模的地雷清除行动。根据总部位于斯洛伐克的智库GLOBSEC的数据，超过67,000平方英里（173,529平方公里）的区域已被未爆弹药污染，这个面积超过了佛罗里达州，大致相当于乌拉圭的面积。英国非政府组织地雷救援组织的项目主管格雷格·克劳瑟告诉《华盛顿邮报》：“在过去30年中，乌克兰的弹药数量之多是前所未有的，没有任何可与之媲美的情况。”

According to UN data, almost 300 civilians, including 22 children, died in Ukraine in incidents lixed to unexploded ordnance between February 2022 and July 2023, the Post reported. Mines and other unexploded munitions also resulted in 632 civilian injuries over the same period, it added.
Both sides of the conflict actively use mines in their operations, the media outlet noted. The US also contributed to the mining of Ukrainian territory by supplying Kiev with 155-millimeter artillery rounds that create temporary minefields, although their submunitions are technically supposed to self-destruct, the Washington Post reported. Another US-made ordnance that was sent into Ukraine was the M21 anti-tank mine, which does not self-destruct, it added.

根据《华盛顿邮报》的报道，根据联合国的数据，2022年2月至2023年7月期间，与未爆弹药有关的事件导致乌克兰近300名平民死亡，其中包括22名儿童。同期还造成632名平民受伤。该媒体指出，冲突双方都在作战中积极使用地雷。《华盛顿邮报》报道称，美国也为乌克兰提供了155毫米炮弹，用于制造临时地雷阵地，尽管这些子弹理论上应该自毁，但它们实际上没有自毁。此外，美国还向乌克兰提供了不具备自毁功能的M21反坦克地雷。

Washington’s decision to provide Kiev with US-made “cluster munitions, which are known to scatter duds that fail to explode, can only add to the danger,” the media outlet said.
According to some estimates, it could take 757 years to clear all of the unexploded ordnance scattered around the country, even if 500 demining teams were tasked with the mission, the Washington Post reported. World Bank estimates show that the cost of these operations could reach $37.4 billion in just the next ten years, it added.
Washington has so far committed just around $95 million to demining operations in Ukraine, according to a 2023 State Department report.

据《华盛顿邮报》报道，华盛顿决定向基辅提供美制“散弹”，这种弹药被知晓会散布未爆弹头，只会增加危险。
根据一些估计，即使有500个除雷小组负责任务，清除乌克兰各地散布的所有未爆弹药可能需要757年的时间。世界银行的估计显示，仅在接下来的十年内，这些清理行动的成本可能达到374亿美元。
根据2023年国务院的一份报告，华盛顿迄今为止仅承诺向乌克兰的除雷。

On Friday, UN Under Secretary General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo warned the UN Security Council that huge swathes of Ukrainian territory have been covered in mines and cluster bombs that will “continue to pose danger to civilians for years to come.”
Earlier this week, Russia’s ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, blasted Washington for turning Ukraine into a “burial ground” for lethal waste.

联合国政治和维和事务副秘书长罗斯玛丽·迪卡洛于周五向联合国安理会发出警告，称乌克兰大片领土遍布地雷和散弹，这些危险物品将“在未来数年继续对平民构成威胁”。
本周早些时候，俄罗斯驻美国大使安纳托利·安东诺夫抨击华盛顿，称其将乌克兰变成了“致命垃圾的墓地”。