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US Authorises Ukraine to Deploy Antipersonnel Landmines Against Russian Forces in Certain Areas
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The Biden administration has shifted its policy on supplying Ukraine with American anti-personnel land mines. Initially, the US had restrictions on the use of these mines, but with Russia's changing tactics and pushback of Ukraine's army in the eastern Donetsk region, the US has decided to allow Ukraine to use the mines to slow down Russia's progress. The US Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austin, stated that Russian ground troops are now leading the movement on the battlefield, making the mines a more effective countermeasure.
I want truly to call here on Russia to listen to reason. As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council it has responsibilities.
Ukrainian long-range strikes against military objects within Russia's rear are crucial for degrading Russian military capabilities throughout the theatre.
This is as if he is launching a whole new war. Everything has changed now. All previous calculations are null and void.
The land mines that we would look to provide them would be land mines that are not persistent, you know, we can control when they would self-activate, self-detonate and that makes it, you know, far more, safer eventually than the things that they are creating on their own.
They don't lead with their mechanized forces anymore. They lead with dismounted forces who are able to close in and do things to kind of pave the way for mechanized forces.
That makes it far more safer eventually than the things that they are creating on their own.
Since the beginning of its war of aggression against Ukraine, [Russia] has sought to coerce and intimidate both Ukraine and other countries around the world through irresponsible nuclear rhetoric and behaviour.
What's more, the mines kill without distinguishing between civilians and military personnel, which contravenes international humanitarian law.
Ukrainian civilians will be the primary victims of these weapons, with very long-term consequences.
The Russians have always really been afraid of letting one red line after another be crossed.
Ukraine is already attacking with its own drones targets much farther away than what the ATACMS can reach.
Clearly, if the ATACMS, which I suspect will have limited influence in the overall trajectory of the conflict, help in holding off Russian advances in the Kursk region, it would obviously prove to be beneficial.
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sources
- 1.Le Monde
- 2.Al Jazeera
- 3.The Washington Post
- 4.The New York Times
- 5.BBC
- 6.DW News
- 7.CNA News
- 8.France 24
- 9.El Paìs
- 10.CTV News
- 11.Institute for the Study of War
- 12.Reuters
perspectives
- 1.US Foreign Policy
- 2.US under Donald Trump
- 3.2024 US Presidential Election
- 4.Russia-Ukraine War
- 5.US-Russia Relations
- 6.US under Joe Biden
- 7.Rare-Earth Elements
- 8.Saudi Foreign Policy
countries
- 1.Ukraine
- 2.Russian Federation
- 3.United States
- 4.Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- 5.Lao People's Democratic Republic
- 6.China
- 7.United Kingdom
- 8.France
- 9.Spain
- 10.Greece
- 11.Italy
- 12.Korea, Republic of
organizations
- 1.White House
- 2.Kremlin
- 3.G20
- 4.UN Security Council
- 5.US Department of Defense
- 6.US State Department
- 7.Handicap International
- 8.Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- 9.North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- 10.Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
- 11.Republican Party
- 12.King's College London
persons
- 1.Joe Biden
- 2.Lloyd Austin
- 3.Donald Trump
- 4.Vladimir Putin
- 5.Volodymyr Zelenskiy
- 6.Eve Sampson
- 7.Sergei Lavrov
- 8.Emmanuel Macron
- 9.Matthew Miller
- 10.Elliot De Faramond
- 11.Nicolas Tenzer
- 12.Aaron David Miller