Russian-backed separatists mined the residential sector at the village Zaitsevo with internationally banned antipersonnel landmines, according to TV channel “Ukraine” reporter Oleksandr Makhov.
The reporter shared footage that showing Russian-made POM-2 antipersonnel mines equipped with fuzes capable of being activated by the unintentional act of a person.
“POM-2 mines were dropped from drones over houses at night. Some fell in the backyard of the locals,” said Oleksandr Makhov.
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It’s also important to note that the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine also confirmed that Russia-backed rebels used POM-2 antipersonnel landmines in the same areas.
“On April 12, the Russian occupiers insidiously remotely mined the civilian sector of the village of Zaitsevo with POM-2 anti-personnel mines prohibited by the Ottawa Convention under the guise of Ukrainian military actions, according to a General Staff press release.
Meanwhile, the General Staff media release said that separatists in the conflict have now resorted to using mortar rounds and rocket launchers (RPG-7) to deliver the mines to the other side.
This type of mines armed with a passive triggering mechanism or tripwire fuze. Typically, cords are attached to the POM-2 mine for detecting or reacting to physical movement. It will blow up when its fuse is tripped.
POM-2 mines are not directed toward a specific military target; can unnecessarily and excessively endanger the civilian population; and are prohibited by Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949, Article 51(4). This includes anti-personnel landmines which are not remotely detonated by an observer but instead will blow up when its fuse is tripped, or upon self-destruct.
The same types of antipersonnel mines have also been used in Lybia and Syria, coinciding with Russian military presence in those conflicts.
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