In Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree Sunday withdrawing Ukraine from the Ottawa Convention, which bans the use of landmines.

President Volodymyr Zelensky: “This concerns all those countries which border Russia. Anti-personnel mines are the instrument which often cannot be substituted by something else for defense purposes.”

On Friday, the governments of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia announced they, too, would withdraw from the Mine Ban Treaty, following similar moves by Finland and Poland. Meanwhile, Denmark has expanded its military draft to include women for the first time.