President Joe Biden has authorized the provision of antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine, a step that will bolster Kyiv’s defenses against advancing Russian troops but has drawn criticism from arms control groups. Biden in 2022 revived an Obama-era policy that banned the transfer and use of U.S. antipersonnel land mines outside the Korean Peninsula. The United States had a stockpile of about 3 million antipersonnel land mines as of 2022. AdvertisementThe Biden administration has already committed to supporting mine-clearance efforts in Ukraine after the end of the conflict. The Ukraine conflict has spurred other countries to reevaluate their opposition to antipersonnel land mines.
