Warsaw is gearing up production of anti-personnel mines for potential deployment along its border with Russia, a defense ministry official has said

Poland will formally withdraw from an international treaty banning anti-personnel landmines next month, a senior defense official has announced, outlining plans to mass-produce the ordnance and prepare for possible deployment along the border with Russia’s Kaliningrad Region.

Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk stated on Radio Zet that “Poland is withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention on February 20 and, as a result, will be able to possess and produce anti-personnel mines.”

He emphasized that…

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