Harry, who at the Kyiv Security Forum urged Vladimir Putin to halt the conflict, saw for himself how AI-powered robots are facilitating mine clearance

Harry, who at the Kyiv Security Forum urged Vladimir Putin to halt the conflict, saw for himself how AI-powered robots are facilitating mine clearance

 Genya Savilov

Britain's Prince Harry on Friday visited deminers from the HALO Trust charity -- made famous by his mother, Princess Diana -- near the Ukrainian town of Bucha, where he tested how drones and AI-powered robots are transforming mine-clearance work.

Russian troops occupied the Kyiv suburb for a month after they invaded in February 2022, killing hundreds of civilians in a massacre that was met with outrage and a hardening of support for Kyiv.

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