Ukraine on the right track to withdraw from the Ottawa agreement, which prohibits the residence mines

The presidential website said on Sunday that Ukraine President Voludmir Zelinski signed a decree on the country’s withdrawal from the Ottawa conference, which prohibits the production and use of the Fruce control mines.

Ukraine was true of the agreement in 2005.

“Supporting the proposal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to withdraw Ukraine from the agreement to prohibit use, storage, production and transfer of Herlia control mines and its destruction on September 18, 1997”, the decree, which was published on the Zelenskyy website, was published on the Internet.

The senior Ukrainian legislator, Roman Kostenko, said that the parliamentary approval is still necessary to withdraw from the treaty.

“This is a step required by the truth of the war for a long time. Russia is not a party to this conference and greatly uses mines against our army and civilians,” Kostenko, Secretary of the Ukrainian Parliament Committee for Parliament for Parliament in National Security, Defense and Intelligence on its Facebook page.

He added, “We cannot remain linked in an environment in which the enemy does not have restrictions,” he added, saying that the legislative decision must be finalized the right of Ukraine to defend its lands effectively.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine He said in a statement posted on his website on Sunday Russia’s use of anti -Bronel mines “created an asymmetric feature of the stomach.”

“We confirm that at the time of Ukraine signed the Ottawa agreement, these conditions did not exist and could not be expected,” the statement said.

In March, a joint statement from the defense ministers in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia recommended withdrawing from the land mine ban, noting the increasing threat from Russia and its ally Belarus as a reason.

Russia has intensified its offensive operations in Ukraine in recent months, using a significant superiority in the workforce.

Kostenko did not mention when the issue will be discussed in Parliament.