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Five NATO countries want to create a new “iron curtain”
Faced with the Russian threat. Moreover, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland plan to set up anti -personnel mines at their borders.
The mines belt should extend over the entire border area. Similarly, from Finnish Lapland (photo) to the north, to the Polish province of Lublin, to the south.
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A new “iron curtain” is taking shape at the eastern borders of Europe. However, this time made up of millions of terrestrial mines, according to an article in nato: millions mines protect europe the British newspaper «Daily Telegraph» Spotted by “Blick».
Faced with the growing threat of Russia. Moreover, five border countries made a decision that would have seemed inconceivable a few years ago: to abandon an international treaty prohibiting anti -personnel mines.
They withdraw from the Ottawa Convention
Finland. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland announced their withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention, which they had however signed more than two decades ago. This agreement, which has 164 signatory countries, had been widely supported after an emblematic international campaign carried by Princess Diana in 1997.
The mines belt is expected to expand about 3. 450 kilometers along the NATO border with Russia and Belarus, from Finnish Lapland, to the north, to the Polish province of Lublin, to the south. Military strategists nato: millions mines protect europe already study what portions of European forests. lakes could be trapped if Vladimir Putin came to mobilize its forces against the Atlantic Alliance. Modern mines, loaded with explosives and bursts of buses, would be deployed to slow down any Russian earthly advance.
Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland have 3,450 kilometers of NATO border with nato: millions mines protect europe Russia and Belarus.
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For Lithuania, faced with two hostile borders and protecting the strategic corridor of Suwalki, the stake is particularly crucial. According to Laurynas Kasčiūnas. former Minister of Defense who developed this “counter-mobility” strategy, the mines constitute “a vital obstacle for the enemy”, which allows “saving time to regroup and strengthen its capacities”.
In border hamlets. the inhabitants, whose properties give directly on the Russian or Belarusian border, however fear the consequences of such a device on their daily life.
The example of Ukraine nevertheless serves as a tragic lesson. The country had ratified the Ottawa Convention and destroyed most of its terrestrial mines over twenty years ago. However, thousands of square kilometers from its territory are today contaminated by these weapons, deployed by the Russian army.
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Nato: millions mines protect europe
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