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David O'Sullivan

Ukraine to withdraw from anti-personnel mines ban treaty, says Zelenskyy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that he signed a decree withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines. 

The 1997 treaty, joined by more than 160 countries, bans the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of anti-personnel landmines. It aims to protect civilians from these mines detonating after a conflict is over. 

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