EXPLAINER: Why Ukraine Is Quitting the Anti-Landmine Treaty and What It ...
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Ukraine may soon withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, Zelensky signed a decree to this effect. The convention prohibits the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of landmines, i.e. weapons buried or hidden in the ground, which often maim or kill victims long after conflicts have ended. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, it has been claiming its victims since the end of the war, thirty years ago, to this day.
DECRYPTAGE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Ukraine will withdraw from the Ottawa Convention.


From disarmament to rearmament: Which countries are quitting the key landmine treaty
GENEVA, July 1 — Ukraine has joined other countries bordering Russia in signalling that it will withdraw from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines, in the face of what they say are growing military threats from Russia. Nato members Finland, Poland and the three ex-Soviet Baltic states — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — have either withdrawn from the convention or indicated that they would do so, citing the increased military dan…
Five European States Withdraw from Mine Ban Treaty
Click to expand Image The president of the Mine Ban Treaty, Ambassador Tomiko Ichikawa, accepts an appeal from 101 Nobel laureates from Cambodian landmine survivor Tun Channereth, who received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, June 17, 2025. © 2025 Mine Ban Treaty ISU (New York, July 1, 2025) – The withdrawal of five European countries from a longstanding and effective international treaty prohi…
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