Countries 'bout to Dip From Landmine Ban Treaty 💣😬

The Tea

Okay, fam, listen up. So, there's this thing called the Ottawa Convention, right? It's basically a pact where countries promise not to use those super sketch landmines. But now, a whole squad of countries bordering Russia – we're talking Finland, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Ukraine – are thinking, "Nah, we out." They're tryna bounce from the whole sitch.

Ukraine's already like, "Peace out!" President Zelenskyy signed the papers, making it official. Why tho? Well, according to Roman Kostenko (a People's Deputy, btw), Russia's been using landmines like it's going out of style in the ongoing war. And since Russia ain't part of the treaty, Ukraine feels like they can't be tied down while Russia's just doing whatever. It's giving "unfair advantage," ya feel?

Basically, Russia didn't sign the Ottawa treaty, and they're still stockpiling and using landmines. So, Ukraine's like, if they ain't playing fair, why should we? The Verkhovna Rada (that's the Ukrainian Parliament) is gonna have a whole debate about this withdrawal, so stay tuned for more deets. Other NATO countries near Russia and Belarus, like Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Finland, are side-eyeing the treaty too, so this could be a whole domino effect. 👀