I dont know, but mines are generally a really shitty technology. In other regions of the world there are still people dying to this day, because of uncleared mines. This will also kill a lot of refugees who try to come into the EU.
The problem isn’t the known minefields. Those are fine, you can put a big fucking fence around it and place a sign.
The danger is all the non-marked minefields. All the random mines placed by small units for tactical reasons, all the stuff that wasn’t recorded anywhere. The fields Ukraine place in Ukraine aren’t the problem, they know where those are. The ones Russia places are a problem, because (judging by the fact that russians still occasionally run into their own mines) they don’t even know where they are.
The Problem with known minefields is,that if enough time passes, without the fields getting cleared, people might forget about it and then you have one hell of a problem.
Secondly: Russia is failing to invade Ukraine for 3 years. Do you really think that we are anywhere close to having a war between Russia and NATO? I think its kinda sad seeing all this fearmongering that Russia is about to attack us tomorrow while they still fail to invade Ukraine.
This is vastly preferable to other measures, because a good fences lines of defense make for good neighbors. Letting the Russians know there’s mines there, that Poland is totally fine with killing one million russians stepping across the border, sends one hell of a message.
Good time to start planning. Well done, Poland.
I dont know, but mines are generally a really shitty technology. In other regions of the world there are still people dying to this day, because of uncleared mines. This will also kill a lot of refugees who try to come into the EU.
The problem isn’t the known minefields. Those are fine, you can put a big fucking fence around it and place a sign.
The danger is all the non-marked minefields. All the random mines placed by small units for tactical reasons, all the stuff that wasn’t recorded anywhere. The fields Ukraine place in Ukraine aren’t the problem, they know where those are. The ones Russia places are a problem, because (judging by the fact that russians still occasionally run into their own mines) they don’t even know where they are.
The Problem with known minefields is,that if enough time passes, without the fields getting cleared, people might forget about it and then you have one hell of a problem.
What do you suggest instead?
First of all: Literally everything else.
Secondly: Russia is failing to invade Ukraine for 3 years. Do you really think that we are anywhere close to having a war between Russia and NATO? I think its kinda sad seeing all this fearmongering that Russia is about to attack us tomorrow while they still fail to invade Ukraine.
This is vastly preferable to other measures, because a good
fenceslines of defense make for good neighbors. Letting the Russians know there’s mines there, that Poland is totally fine with killing one million russians stepping across the border, sends one hell of a message.