{"id":1253574,"date":"2025-06-29T14:09:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T11:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/zelenskyy-signed-a-decree-on-ukraines-withdrawal-from-the-ottawa-convention-what-does-this-mean\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T00:42:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T21:42:48","slug":"zelenskyy-signed-a-decree-on-ukraines-withdrawal-from-the-ottawa-convention-what-does-this-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-signed-a-decree-on-ukraines-withdrawal-from-the-ottawa-convention-what-does-this-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy Formalizes Ukraine\u2019s Exit from Mine Ban Convention \u2014 What\u2019s Next?"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a decree enacting the decision of Ukraine\u2019s National Security and Defense Council to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention \u2014 an international treaty that bans the use, production, and stockpiling of anti-personnel mines.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was reported by<\/a> People’s Deputy Roman Kostenko.<\/p>\n

According to a member of parliament, the decision is driven by the realities of war, in which Russia \u2014 not a signatory to the Convention \u2014 is extensively using mines against both Ukrainian forces and civilians.<\/p>\n

“This is a step long demanded by the reality of war. Russia is not a party to the Convention and is actively using mines against our military and civilians. We cannot remain bound by restrictions that our enemy does not follow,”<\/strong> the deputy said.<\/p>\n

Further steps now depend on the Verkhovna Rada, which must formalize the decision through legislation, the lawmaker added. According to him, this will allow Ukraine to strengthen its defensive capabilities.<\/p>\n

As of now, the presidential decree has not yet been published on the official website of the President\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

What is the Ottawa Convention?<\/h3>\n

The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention<\/strong>, also known as the Ottawa Treaty<\/strong>, was adopted in September 1997 in Oslo and entered into force in 1999. It mandates a complete ban on the use, production, transfer, and stockpiling of anti-personnel mines.<\/p>\n

To date, more than 160 countries \u2014 including most Western nations \u2014 have joined the treaty. However, several major military powers such as the United States, Russia, China, India, and Pakistan<\/strong> have not signed or ratified the agreement.<\/p>\n

Recall that the day before, the Baltic countries notified the UN of their withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention, which prohibits the use of anti-personnel mines.<\/a><\/p>\n

As reported, the Polish parliament voted to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention<\/a>, which bans the use and stockpiling of anti-personnel mines. This decision was supported by 413 deputies of the Sejm, 15 opposed, and three abstained.<\/p>\n

In addition, the Finnish parliament approved the country’s withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention<\/a>, which bans landmines. In the future, the Defense Forces will be allowed to use such weapons.<\/p>\n

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a decree enacting the decision of Ukraine\u2019s National Security and Defense Council to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention \u2014 an international treaty that bans the use, production, and stockpiling of anti-personnel mines. This was reported by People’s Deputy Roman Kostenko. According to a member of parliament, the decision is driven […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":985264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76885],"class_list":["post-1253574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1253574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1253574"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1253574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1253719,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1253574\/revisions\/1253719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/985264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1253574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1253574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}