Russia's use of land mines in Ukraine, including newly produced models, threatens to overturn progress made on the issue over the past 25 years, a monitor said on November 17. Moscow has been developing new anti-personnel mines and has used ones made as recently as 2021 in its war in Ukraine, the Landmine Monitor said. The monitor said the use of land mines in Ukraine -- and also in Myanmar -- marred the 25th anniversary of the Mine Ban Treaty, which was created in Ottawa in 1997. Its annual report identified 277 civilian casualties of mines and explosive remnants of war in Ukraine in the first nine months of 2022 -- a near fivefold increase on the 58 recorded in 2021. To read the original story from AFP, click here.
Russia's Use Of Land Mines In Ukraine Poses Threat, Says Monitor
The annual report identified 277 civilian casualties of mines and explosive remnants of war in Ukraine in the first nine months of 2022 -- a near fivefold increase on the 58 recorded in 2021.