Zelensky signs a decree: Initiate the withdrawal from the Ottawa Mine Ban Convention.

Ukraine’s Kyiv Independent reported on June 29 that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a presidential decree to initiate the withdrawal from the Ottawa Mine Ban Convention, which will be reviewed by the Ukrainian Parliament.
Previously, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, three Baltic states, submitted documents to the United Nations on June 27 to withdraw from the Ottawa Mine Ban Convention. The three countries will officially withdraw six months later. Additionally, Finland and Poland have also initiated the process of withdrawing from this convention.
The International Red Cross website explains that the formal full name of the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Used Against Civilians is “Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Used Against Civilians,” an international agreement prohibiting the use, production, storage, and transfer of anti-personnel mines, adopted in 1997 and effective in 1999, commonly known as the Ottawa Mine Ban Convention. Currently, more than 160 countries are parties to this convention.
Anti-personnel mines differ from anti-vehicle mines, which target vehicles and require greater pressure for detonation. The Ottawa Mine Ban Convention specifically prohibits the use of anti-personnel mines but does not ban anti-vehicle mines.
The Russia-Ukraine conflict has drawn multilateral negotiations.