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US Landmine Offer To Ukraine Throws Global Treaty Into 'Crisis': Campaign Group

Ukrainian defence official Yevhenii Kivshyk told attendees at an anti-landmine conference he will convey their concerns to Kyiv (Credit: AFP)

A US offer to give Ukraine anti-personnel mines to help battle Russia's invasion has thrown a landmark global anti-landmine treaty into "crisis", campaigners said Friday, urging Kyiv to snub the proposal.

Ukraine is one of 164 signatories to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, which prohibits the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of landmines.

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