Biden agrees to give Ukraine anti-personnel mines
Biden agrees to give Ukraine anti-personnel mines
A US official tells the BBC the mines will be given soon, as Russia advances steadily in the east.
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Just to remind you: Landmines are considered a war crime and should never be used. That is because they mostly do damage in the long-term, similar to nuclear fallout.
War of aggression is a war crime, as are many things. Who’s going to uphold the law though?
Landmines are considered a war crime and should never be used.
They're not though.
Maybe my memory is inaccurate
The Ottawa Treaty attempted to get rid of them, but it's essentially just a voluntary thing. Ukraine did sign up to it, but many of the world's major military powers did not. Unfortunately Russia is among those that didn't. Since Russia is mining the front anyway, there's little benefit to Ukraine not doing so
There is a small silver lining here - or a less dark patch of the cloud, maybe - in that modern mines are designed to make themselves inert or self destruct after a few weeks or months