Ukraine looks to withdraw from a major international treaty on anti-personnel landmines to bolster its defense on the ...

Oleksiy, a 26-year-old Ukrainian soldier, is six months into a difficult recovery after losing most of his left leg to an ...

The withdrawal of five European countries from a longstanding and effective international treaty prohibiting antipersonnel ...

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

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a decree enacting the decision of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine to withdraw the country from the Ottawa Treaty – an ...

The relevant decree, No.441/2025 , was published on the official website of the head of state, as reported by Ukrinform. “To ...

The decision by Ukraine to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, known as the Mine Ban Treaty, comes as no surprise given the ...

More than 160 countries are parties to the treaty, including most Nato members and European states. Major powers like the ...

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

The 1997 International Mine Ban Treaty prohibits the manufacture and use of antipersonnel mines. Ukraine is one of 164 nations that signed the treaty. The United States and Russia have not signed it.

Nearly 30 years later, the Mine Ban Treaty is making a positive difference, but faces several daunting challenges from countries threatening to withdraw from the treaty, to a surge in casualties ...

Facing Battlefield Setbacks, Ukraine Withdraws From Mine Ban Treaty. More. Reuters. ... Despite his injuries, he says Ukraine is right to withdraw from a treaty banning such weapons.