by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher Human Rights Watch, in a presentation of the Landmine Monitor 2023 report to the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), accused Kiev of violating the 1997 Ottawa Convention on banning anti-personnel mines, something which should not shock any observer of the war in Ukraine. “There is substantial evidence to believe that Ukraine violated the 1997 Ottawa Treaty banning anti-personnel mines during the fighting in Izium in 2022,” said Mark Hiznay, editor of Landmine Monitor 2023 and associate director of the Arms Division at Human Rights Watch. The autonomous UN institute says […] #Featured #UkraineWar #WarZone #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/11/ukraine-violated-the-ottawa-treaty-un-has-new-evidence-that-kiev-regime-uses-banned-mines/?feed_id=6676