Reply To: Russian Tensions
Another hypocrisy
The EU will launch a humanitarian de-mining programme in Ukraine worth €25m, the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has confirmed.
De-mining is “crucial to save the lives of civilian population”, Borrell wrote on social media.
The Ukrainian army injured scores of Ukrainian civilians when it fired thousands of illegal mines across the city of Izium last year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has alleged. The mines, similar to those allegedly used by Ukraine against civilians in Donetsk, were found near schools and kindergartens.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/01/31/ukraine-banned-landmines-harm-civilians
While HRW believes that Russia has also used these mines, Ukraine’s “moral high ground has been compromised” by the latest findings.