The US will transfer anti-personnel mines to the Ukrainian army for the first time since the beginning of russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Washington took this step due to a change in the tactics of russian troops on the battlefield.
This was stated by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on November 20, as quoted by CNN.
According to him, the russians have changed their combat tactics. They have stopped using their mechanized forces to storm the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Now they use infantry, which paves the way for mechanized units.
For this reason, Austin added, the Ukrainians need means that can slow down the russian efforts.
The US Secretary of Defense added that American mines are safer than those that Ukraine creates independently.
Austin stressed that the Ukrainian military must responsibly approach the registration of the places where they install mines.
In order to transfer anti-personnel mines, current US President Joseph Biden lifted his own ban. In 2022, he signed a document prohibiting the use and transfer of anti-personnel mines outside the Korean Peninsula.
According to The Washington Post, the lifting of the ban has drawn criticism from arms control groups.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on November 17, the current US President allowed Ukraine to use ATACMS ballistic missiles to strike russian territory.
We also wrote that earlier in November, Biden allowed American defense contractors to work in Ukraine to maintain and repair Western equipment used by the Ukrainian army.
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