4 nations bordering Russia to withdraw from land mine treaty

NATO members Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia said Tuesday they are abandoning the 1997 Ottawa convention treaty outlawing the use of anti-personnel landmines (APL) amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The Ottawa convention sought to outlaw APLs, which target humans in explosive blasts and have killed thousands of civilians. The treaty also notes that the minds can cause “unnecessary suffering or superfluous injury.” “Military threats to NATO Member States bordering Russia and Belarus have significantly increased,” the four countries wrote in a statement. “In light of this unstable security environment marked by Russia’s aggression and its ongoing threat...