US President Joe Biden has agreed to give Ukraine anti-personnel land mines against the Russian army after allowing the missile attack a day ago. This news was reported by the BBC on Wednesday, citing a US defense official.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that this step was taken to confront the Russian troops in the eastern part of Ukraine. Soon these mines will be sent to Ukraine. Washington hopes to use these mines on their territory in Ukraine.
He also said that Ukraine has promised not to use these mines in its densely populated areas.
On the other hand, the US State Department said that the US has closed its embassy in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, in fear of Russian air strikes. The country closed the embassy on Wednesday after receiving 'specific information of possible serious airstrikes'.
In a statement on the embassy's website, US State Consular Affairs said, 'The embassy will be closed as a maximum precaution to avoid risk. And the embassy staff are being told to take shelter in the shelter.
The statement added that the U.S. Embassy is recommending that U.S. citizens be prepared to go to shelters as soon as an airstrike alert is announced.
Meanwhile, after the announcement of the closure of the US embassy, the embassies of Italy and Greece in Ukraine have also been announced to be temporarily closed.
The recent authorization of the use of anti-personnel land mines is a major step for the Biden administration. Which strengthened Ukraine before Trump came to power.
Although the use of such weapons is prohibited, Russia has been using anti-personnel land mines since the beginning of the invasion.
A US defense official confirmed to the BBC that the mines that Ukraine will use are not the same as Russian mines. They will remain active for a certain period of time. That is, after a set period of time, from 4 hours to 2 weeks, they will become inactive.
Note that on December 3-4, 1997, 122 countries signed the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel land mines. But neither Russia nor the United States signed it.
