“This is a step whose realities of war have been requiring for a long time. Russia is not a party to this convention and uses mines against our soldiers and civilians massively,” wrote the secretary of the National Security Committee, Defense and Intelligence of the Ukrainian Parliament Roman Kostenko on his Facebook profile on his Facebook profile.
“We cannot remain bound by restrictions when the enemy does not comply with them,” he added, pointing out that the legislative decision should ultimately restore Ukraine the right to effectively defend its territory. Kostenko did not say when the case will be considered by parliament.
In recent months, Russia has intensified the offensive in Ukraine, using a large numerical advantage.
On Friday, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, in response to the threat of Russia, jointly informed the other UN countries about the termination of the Ottawa Convention. Earlier in June, the Finland Parliament also decided to withdraw from the convention. In Poland, the Sejm adopted an appropriate law on the termination of the treaty on Wednesday. Of the European countries bordering Russia, only Norway has not yet decided to take such a step.
The Ottawa Convention on the ban on the use, storage, production and transfer of anti -personnel mines and their destruction of 1997 was ratified by over 160 countries, with the exception of, among others USA, Russia or China.
