Why is Ukraine withdrawing from the Ottawa Treaty banning landmines? | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced his country might soon quit the Ottawa Treaty banning antipersonnel landmines amid his country’s war with Russia. “Russia has never been a party to this convention and uses antipersonnel mines with extreme cynicism,” he said on Sunday. This was not a mere rhetorical flourish. In August 2023, Russian soldiers…

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India general admits jet losses in clash with Pakistan: Here’s what he said | India-Pakistan Tensions News

General Anil Chauhan, India’s chief of defence staff, has admitted that an unspecified number of fighter jets were shot down during its conflict with Pakistan last month. The acknowledgement of aerial losses by the country’s highest ranking general comes weeks after the two South Asian neighbours were engaged in their heaviest fighting in decades, which involved…

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