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Read More 5 minute read Latest news Ukraine Lithuania and Finland to start domestic landmine production for themselves and Ukraine amid Russian threat Other NATO's eastern flank countries like Poland, Latvia, and Estonia also withdraw from the 1997 Ottawa Convention that banned landmines. byVira Kravchuk
Read More 12 minute read Dispatch “Every object is a maybe.” Russia’s cheapest traps are killing Ukraine’s scarce bomb experts “Could be any of this,” the sapper said, pointing to my phone and a Sprite can. In Kherson, he lost his foot finding out. byZarina Zabrisky
Read More 4 minute read Latest news Ukraine Ukraine exits global mine ban for self-defense reasons as Russia ignores international law Ukraine became the latest nation to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, joining Baltic states and Nordic neighbors who concluded the humanitarian treaty limits their defense options against growing Moscow threats. byVira Kravchuk
Read More 2 minute read Latest news Ukraine Lithuania exits anti-personnel mine convention amid Russo-Belarusian threats Russia has never signed the Ottawa Treaty, while Belarus did not ratify it. Moscow has extensively used anti-personnel mines in Ukraine. byYuri Zoria
Read More 2 minute read Latest news Ukraine Lithuania withdraws from cluster munitions convention Vilnius formally exited the cluster munitions ban today, six months after submitting its mandatory exit notice to the UN. byYuri Zoria