 Roads and crop fields near Melitopol mind by Russians. The Russian invaders are continuing to mine the occupied territories in the Ukrainian south. For example, Russian forces are mining dirt roads and sown crop fields in the Melitopol district in Zaporizia Oblast. Ukrainian National Resistance Center reported it. In the temporarily occupied territories of southern Ukraine, in particular in the Melitopol region, the Russian occupying forces with the help of special military equipment continue to install mine fences right on the sown fields and in some places just on dirt roads. According to available information, the tracked mine layer GMZ-3, which mines the ground at a speed of 208 units per minute, has already been recorded more than once in the fields near Melitopol. The National Resistance Center noted that such Russian actions endanger the lives of civilians. Beyond the military challenge posed to advancing Ukrainian troops, Russian mine fields will likely cause hundreds of civilian deaths and require billions of dollars to be safely removed in the coming years. Landmines are notoriously difficult to find, either by soldiers on the ground or by analysts looking at satellite imagery. Mines have likely been laid all around Russia's defensive positions, which are particularly dense in southern Ukraine where many believe Kyiv's forces will seek to achieve a breakthrough.