If Russia plans to broaden the ground war, Ukraine may need deeper lines of defence. Landmines could prove critical.

What is the Anti-Landmine Treaty? The Ottawa Convention (also called the Mine Ban Treaty) is a global agreement created in 1997. Countries that sign the treaty agree not to use, ...

Kyiv may seek to employ mines to slow Russia's counterattacks, as well as to ensure that the current and future Russian ...

A number of countries have opted to leave the Ottawa Treaty that called on signatories to agree not to use anti-personnel ...

Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine, has signed a decree. This decree sets the stage for Ukraine to exit the Ottawa ...

In a decisive recalibration of wartime policy, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree on June 29 to initiate ...

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Ukraine is taking a major step away from global arms control norms. President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree to begin ...

Sappers of Russia's armed forces work to clear landmines from the roadside in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region. New IOC ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A land mine explosion killed four people and wounded several others in northwest Pakistan’s Kurram ...

Princess Diana is being remembered the world around on what would have been her 64th birthday this year, including some of ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged the international community to ramp up sanctions against Russia. It comes ...