US President Joe Biden has approved providing antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine in what has been seen as another policy reversal on weapons provided to Kyiv by the outgoing United States administration, according to reports.
The US expects Ukraine to use the land mines in its own territory, though it has committed not to use them in areas populated with civilians, a US official told the Reuters news agency on Wednesday. The Washington Post first reported the move by Biden, which reverses his earlier reluctance to provide land mines due to concerns over the risk they present to civilian populations, which antimine campaigners say is unacceptably high.
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Source: Al Jazeera News
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