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The UK ministry of defense in its intelligence report said Russia is highly likely to deploy anti-personnel mines to protect and deter freedom of movement along its defensive lines in the Donbas.
“In Donetsk and Kramatorsk, Russia has highly likely attempted employment of PFM-1 and PFM-1S scatterable anti-personnel mines. Commonly called the ‘butterfly mine’, the PFM-1 series is deeply controversial, indiscriminate weapons,” the ministry said.
PFM-1s were purportedly used to maim a large number of youngsters who mistaken them for toys during the Soviet-Afghan War.
“It is highly likely that the Soviet-era stock being used by Russia will have degraded over time and are now highly unreliable and unpredictable,” the MoD said in a tweet. “This poses a threat to both the local population and humanitarian mine clearance operations.”
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