Biden agrees to give Ukraine anti-personnel mines

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

US President Joe Biden has agreed to give Ukraine anti-personnel land mines, a US defence official told the BBC, a move seen as an attempt to slow Russian troops who have been steadily advancing in Ukraine's east in recent months.

The official, who was speaking on condition of anonymity, said such mines would be delivered soon and Washington expected that they would be used on Ukraine's territory.

Ukraine was also committed to not using the mines in densely-populated areas, the official said.
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Russia's tactics currently involve sending small groups of soldiers - sometimes no more than three to five men - to walk or ride motorbikes behind Ukrainian positions. These men are often killed or captured.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2d1lj3nwqo

[ancianita]

1. Hope they use the mines to create a demilitarized zone at the Russian border.

[hueymahl]

2. Anti personnel mines are a abhorrent

Most countries have banned them, for very good reason. They injure civilians and children for decades after being placed.

https://www.icrc.org/en/law-and-policy/anti-personnel-landmines#:~:text=Stepping%20on%20a%20mine%20will,food%20production%20and%20destroying%20livelihoods.

So disappointed.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

3. Ukraine has said they won't use them in densly populated areas,

and there will be a map of where all mines are placed so after the war ends, Ukraine can remove those mines.

[EX500rider]

4. The new models the US is giving them self deactivate after a set time (usually 21 days +-)

And with all the ordnance being used on the front lines, those lands will have to cleared by teams for unexploded ordnance, mines or no mines