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Putin's forces are laying 'indiscriminate' butterfly landmines that children could confuse for toys in eastern Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has warned.
Anti-personnel PFM-1 mines deployed in the Soviet Afghan War are thought to have 'maimed high numbers of children who mistook them for toys', the British MoD stated in its daily bulletin on the conflict.
The MoD added: 'It is highly likely that the Soviet-era stock being used by Russia will have degraded over time and are now highly unreliable and unpredictable.
'This poses a threat to both the local population and humanitarian mine clearance operations.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...gi0lM8Anng&si=
Anti-personnel PFM-1 mines deployed in the Soviet Afghan War are thought to have 'maimed high numbers of children who mistook them for toys', the British MoD stated in its daily bulletin on the conflict.
The MoD added: 'It is highly likely that the Soviet-era stock being used by Russia will have degraded over time and are now highly unreliable and unpredictable.
'This poses a threat to both the local population and humanitarian mine clearance operations.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...gi0lM8Anng&si=
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