Zelensky signed a decree on Ukraine's withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on Kiev's withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention, which prohibits the use of anti-personnel mines. This was announced on June 29 by Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense Roman Kostenko.

"The President of Ukraine has signed a decree that put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine on the withdrawal of our state from the Ottawa Convention," Kostenko wrote on Facebook (owned by the extremist Meta company recognized in Russia, its activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation).

According to him, Ukraine cannot "remain bound in conditions when the enemy has no restrictions."

"Now we are waiting for consideration of the issue in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. The legislative consolidation of this decision should finally return to Ukraine the right to effective defense of its territory," Kostenko concluded.

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On June 4, the Estonian parliament passed a law on the country's withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention. Later, on June 13, the decision of the parliament was approved by the head of state Alar Karis.

Prior to that, on April 24, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova linked the Baltic states' statements about withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention with benefits for NATO. According to her, these states are aimed at developing cooperation with manufacturers of antipersonnel mines from the United States.

The Ottawa Convention was signed on December 3, 1997 and entered into force on March 1, 1999. It prohibits the use, production and storage of anti-personnel mines.