WASHINGTON, D.C. — The US decision to send anti-personnel landmines to Ukraine — a major policy shift slammed by rights groups — was triggered by a change in Russian battlefield tactics favoring infantry over mechanized units, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday.
'They don't lead with their mechanized forces anymore,' Austin told reporters while on a visit to Laos. 'They lead with dismounted forces who are able to close and do things to kind of pave the way for mechanized forces.'The Ukrainians 'have a need for things that can help slow down that effort on the part of the Russian s.
'Within two weeks, if they have not been detonated, they become inert,' State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters.He said that Ukraine would need to conduct missions to get rid of unexploded ordnance at the end of the conflict regardless of the new weapons authorization.The decision was immediately slammed by rights groups.
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