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On April 1, Finland became the fifth NATO country to announce it was abandoning the Ottawa treaty, or Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC).
Hopes of a Landmine-Free World Diminish Amid New Reality
Finland is the latest country to abandon the 1997 Ottawa convention on landmines, but are anti-personnel mines the answer to Moscow’s threat?
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Combat engineers of pro-Russian troops demine PMF-1 Lepestok anti-personnel landmines on a street in Donetsk, Ukraine, on July 31, 2022. Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
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