According to “The Washington Post”, Joe Biden authorized the supply of anti-personnel mines to Ukraine.

US President Joe Biden, ha autorizado el supply de minas terrestres antipersona a Ukraine According to US officials, with the aim of strengthening Kiev's defenses against advancing Russian troops. The Washington Post.

“Russia is attacking Ukrainian lines in the east with waves of troops, regardless of their losses. These mines are specially designed to combat this,” the official said. The Washington Postque ha addition que “la intention es que contribution a una defensa más eficaz” in Ukraine.

The hitherto unusual decision is part of a 180-degree U-turn in Biden's policy on the issue. The American president is taking urgent measures before leaving the White House in January.

También se produced in the midst of the escalation of the conflict, just one day later Ukraine attacked Russian territory with US missiles for the first time ATACMSuna línea roja sobre la que Putin advirtió hace tiempo, confirming that los ataques en su territorio russo con armas de la largo alcance occidentale séria como implicar directamente a la la war NATO.

Select adelantado exclusively The Washington Postel envío estará formeda por minas terrestres antipersona “there is no lasting”this means that over time they will self-destruct or lose battery charge and become inactive, reducing the threat to civilians.

An official confirmed to an American newspaper that Ukrainian political leaders had made the commitment “Las minas and zones densamente pobladas no desplegar las minas”. Likewise, its use will be limited to the territory of Ukraine, specifically in the eastern part of the country.

Despite everything, this decision is not only due to the international rejection of the use of this type of weapon, which does not distinguish between military and civilian (in 1997, 164 countries supported the Ottawa Treaty banning its use), but also very controversial. It contradicts the policies implemented by Joe Biden.

Although the US never ratified the Ottawa agreement, the administration in 2022 Joe Biden He rebuilt the politics of the Obama era Prohibiting antipersonnel and antipersonnel mines. Sólo planteó una excepción: Korean peninsula for defense with Corea del Norte.

A Ukrainian official expressed his satisfaction before the news, saying: The Washington Post que “Russia las utiliza de todos modes”.

Rosemary DiCarlo, political adviser to the UN secretary-general, condemned it before the Security Council on Monday. casi la cuarta parte de Ukraine está sembrada de mines antipersonawhich makes it one of the most mined places in the world.

According to information Landmine Monitor 2023In 2022, Ukraine became more of a global country 608 killed by landminesit is second only to Syria, and the number of civilian casualties has increased tenfold compared to 2021.

DiCarlo emphasized that more than 12,000 people died in Ukraine in the 1,000 days that led to this war, 4 million people became refugees inside the country, and 6.8 million people fled abroad.