This move should strengthen Kyiv’s defenses against advancing Russian Federation troops.
President Joe Biden of the United States authorized the supply of anti-personnel mines to Ukraine. The Washington Post writes about it on Tuesday, November 19.
The decision follows the White House’s authorization to use American long-range ATACMS missiles on Russian territory.
One of the interlocutors of the publication said that the type of anti-personnel mines that will be transferred to Ukraine are “unsustainable,” that is, they themselves destroy or lose battery power, making them inactive, reducing the danger to civilians.
The official noted that Ukrainian politicians have promised themselves not to install mines in densely populated areas. As indicated by the source, the use of mines is limited to Ukrainian territory, with an expected focus on eastern Ukraine.
Kyiv has been seeking these supplies since Russia launched a massive offensive and also planted anti-personnel mines on the front lines to thwart Ukraine’s bid to retake its territory.
By 2022, the United States has a stockpile of approximately 3 million antipersonnel mines. The mines have not been used since the first Gulf War in 1991, except for a 2002 incident in Afghanistan involving a munition, the State Department said in 2022.
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