In Hostomel, which was occupied by the Russians from the first day of the invasion until it was liberated on April 2, the de-mining team work their way through an endless list of addresses for various buildings and streets that are thought to have been mined. 

Each morning the teams, armed with metal detectors, shovels and rope head out from 7.30am until 5.30pm to comb the region for unexploded mines, grenades and ammunition. 

It is a complex and hazardous task that requires great diligence and the de-mining engineers are militant about the vicinity being cleared before any device is collected, with one sapper warning that a grenade has the capacity to splinter up to 200m (656ft). 

In nearby Andrivka, de-mining teams were collecting anti-tank missiles that had been left outside the homes of villages when they were forced out by Ukrainian soldiers. Some were resting. 

From just one back garden alone, they collected 26 missiles which they carefully loaded onto a truck to drive to a safe place to expertly detonate. 

Serhiy Kruk, the head of the SES, recently said that “in co-operation with the Armed Forces and the National Police of Ukraine, we are actively working and doing everything to return people and restore livelihoods”.

He explained that the work undergone in Kyiv would act as a model for when de-mining takes place in other areas of the country.