UNIDIR accused Ukraine of using banned mines

Ukraine continues to use banned antipersonnel mines, is building up its stocks and probably producing them on its own. This was stated on December 1 by the co-author of the report of the UN Institute for Disarmament Research, Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan.

"Ukraine has stated that it can suspend the agreement on the prohibition of anti—personnel mines by using anti-personnel mines and increasing their stocks supplied from the United States and probably producing them on its own," RIA Novosti quoted the expert as saying.

According to Moser-Puangsuwan, Ukraine's actions pose a specific threat to international norms prohibiting the use of antipersonnel mines. The Landmine Monitor 2025 report records Kiev's violations of the convention on the prohibition of anti-personnel mines in the context of the ongoing conflict.

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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday, July 15, signed a law suspending the Ottawa Convention prohibiting the use of anti-personnel mines for the country.

On March 7, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that Warsaw was considering withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention, as well as from the Dublin Convention on Cluster Munitions. He said that all neighbors have both types of weapons, for this reason Poland should also use available means to ensure security in the country.

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