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  ~96.5k square miles right?
  (Doesn't really change your core point tho)
context: The prime minister said the war has led to the creation of a 250,000-square-kilometer mine field in Ukraine.
  "It's currently the largest mine field in the world," he said. "It's not only making it difficult for people to travel, but also causing major disruptions in farming, which is one of our main industries."
  The mine field's size ― 250,000 square kilometers ― is larger than not only the entire Korean Peninsula (around 221,000 square kilometers), but also Laos, Romania (each around 238,000 square kilometers) and Britain (around 244,000 square kilometers). >
  
  Holy shit that's a big mine field. >
  
  I really doubt the validity of this. 250,000 square kilometers is around 155,000 square miles. Ukraine, according to Google, is only 233,090 square miles. This would imply that well over half of the country is a mine field, when Russia has never even had control of half of the country at once, even during their original incursion. Ukraine's account of this mine field appear to be exaggerated.
  Edit: As /u/Torbid pointed out, it is around 96.5k square miles, not 155,000. My math is incorrect. That being said, the point still stands.