The Biden administration has agreed to send the weapons to Ukraine, despite their reputation for killing and maiming civilians. By Lynsey Chutel John Ismay and Eve Sampson John Ismay served as an ...

Kyiv is quitting treaty banning anti-personnel landmines Decision has been criticised by rights campaigners Russia is not a signatory to the Ottawa Convention Ukraine is looking for ways to halt ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stock Photo Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov, an expert in military communications and communication technologies, has said that the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. Even if a peace deal can be reached to end the war in Ukraine, it ...

The US decision to provide Ukraine with antipersonnel land mines expands the use of a weapon that the international community has long condemned because of its danger to innocent civilians. And it ...

Five NATO states are quitting anti-personnel mine treaty All cite concerns about perceived threat from Russia Finland and Lithuania plan to produce mines, officials say Mines will be for own use, some ...

The Biden administration has approved sending anti-personnel mines to Ukraine for the first time in another major policy shift, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin confirmed on Wednesday. The decision ...

Paul Heslop is Senior Mine Action Advisor, Resident Coordinator Office, United Nations Ukraine; Sonia Pabley is Communications Specialist, United Nations Mine Action Team, Ukraine. 29 September 2025 ...

The Shahed attack drone is Russia’s main weapon in its continued assault on Ukrainian cities. Russia launches waves of Shaheds nightly, sometimes more than 700 in a 24-hour period. In yet another ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has officially withdrawn from the 1997 Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty, allowing the country to produce and deploy antipersonnel and anti-tank land mines along its eastern ...

Poland plans to withdraw from the international treaty banning the use of anti-personnel mines, joining five other countries on Europe’s eastern flank including Ukraine, which argue that Russia’s ...