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Nov 19 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden has approved provision of anti-personnel land mines to Ukraine, a U.S. official told Reuters, a step that could help slow Russian advances in its east, especially when used along with other munitions from the United States.

The United States expects Ukraine to use the mines in its own territory, though it has committed not to use them in areas populated with its own civilians, the official said. The Washington Post first reported the development.

The office of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukrainian defence ministry, the Russian defence ministry and the Kremlin did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests to comment.

The United States has provided Ukraine with anti-tank mines throughout its war with Russia, but the addition of anti-personnel mines aims at blunting the advance of Russian ground troops, the official added, speaking on condition of anonymity.

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The amount of people, particularly Americans I must say, who are hell bent on escalation, calling for nukes from the safety of 5000 miles away is disappointing.

[–] PugJesus 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Escalation" is when you start using a weapon that your enemy has been using since the start of the war, huh?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes.

"Both sides use warcrime weapons" is an escalation from "only one side uses warcrime weapons".

[–] PugJesus 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You know, some people might regard "one side using 'warcrime weapons'" first as the escalation, not the other side deciding to follow suit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

So do i. Russia escalated by invading. Russia escalated by killing civilians, targeting civilian infrastructure, kidnaping children, attacking nuclear power plants, attacking dams, attacking hospitals, (and many more times). And by using mines.

That doesn't change the fact that an escalation of the weapons used by ukraine is an escalation. That's what that word means! Russia escalated first, and many times after. They are the bad guys.

Ukraine using mines is an escalation. Arguing against that point simply means you refuse to understand the word "escalation".

[–] PugJesus 0 points 19 hours ago

So when Ukraine returned fire after being fired upon, that was an escalation?