Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Mass attack hits cities overnight as Ukrainians brace for 50 more days of Russian terror — Ukrainian startup says its drones could work on their own by year’s end, thanks to AI — Russian agent caught ‘red-handed’ planting explosives in Rivne apartment building — 5 killed, 53 injured in Ukraine as Russia strikes hospitals, residential areas across country … and more
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#Parliament of #Finland has just finalized that it will withdraw from the #OttawaConvention the so called #MineBanTreaty with 157 YES and 18 NO votes.
So the result of the #putin #war in #Ukraine is that Finland is a #NATO member and they will re-mine the border.
Source: https://yle.fi/a/74-20168612
Update:
"#Ukraine signed the #MineBanTreaty on February 24, 1999 and ratified the treaty on December 27, 2005. Ukraine is also party to #CCWAmendedProtocolII but their obligations on #AntipersonnelMines are superseded by the stricter prohibitions contained in the Mine Ban Treaty."
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/06/13/landmine-use-ukraine
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This background briefing surveys the types of landmines used in Ukraine since the full-scale Russian invasion began on February 24, 2022. Antipersonnel mines explode by the presence, proximity, or contact of a person, and can kill and injure people long after armed conflicts end.
AP has worked on this article almost a month since we released our country report on the impact of #landmines on #Myanmar #Burma It is a good reportage with some excellent quotes. #minefreeworld #minebantreaty #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-government-china-0451f807790016c8e46114bb01441fe4
BANGKOK (AP) — The 3-year-old boy had taken only two steps from his mother’s lap when a deafening explosion rang out. The blast caught the woman in the face, blurring her vision. She forced her eyes open and searched for her son around the busy jetty where they’d been waiting for a ferry, near their small village in south-central Myanmar .
Kyiv Independent Daily Headlines
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