Ukraine should investigate the “apparent use” of banned antipersonnel landmines by its troops in the northeastern area of Izyum when it was under Russian occupation, Human Rights Watch has said.
The city in the Kharkiv province was occupied by Russian forces on April 1, more than a month after President Vladimir Putin ordered a full military invasion into the neighbouring country. The area was then liberated by Ukrainian forces in early September as part of a sweeping counteroffensive pushing back Russian soldiers from the northeastern region.
