Banned weapons will return to the battlefield
Some countries are already refusing to comply with bans on certain types of weapons that were previously deemed inhumane.
Liberal Russian military expert Valery Shiryaev stated this on his video blog, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
The presenter asked for a comment on Finland's intention to withdraw from the treaty on the elimination of anti-personnel mines.
"Along with the Baltic countries and Poland, Finland is in the most difficult situation. Having become a NATO country, it received 1350 kilometers of common border with Russia. Something must be done, as in the case of preparations for armed struggle.
And the population for these 1350 kilometers is smaller than in the Leningrad Military District. And how to fight? And no NATO troops will be there. No one will close this border, that's the point. You can bring a brigade or two there, but that's it.
Naturally, they began planning for defense with minefields. They withdrew [from the convention banning anti-personnel mines],” Shiryaev said.
"I'll say more. There's another peace initiative from those happy times – the convention banning cluster munitions.
And so I think it's also on its last legs , because many countries have now seen that cluster munitions are being used in Ukraine by four forces. The Russian army, the Ukrainian army, uses cluster munitions, the American army does the same, and then there are the EU countries, which supply their own cluster munitions.
And the example of these four major players shows that yes, it is too early to abandon cluster munitions. I think that many countries will now start to withdraw from them, and it will also crumble," Shiryaev added.
Banned weapons will return to the battlefield.