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European countries are now turning to landmines to create new deadly defensive barriers from Russia

European countries are now turning to landmines to create new deadly defensive barriers from Russia

Drones are being used with ‘old tech’ mines to make new wartime obstacles, and are proving very effective defensively.

03.10.2025 3

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Rod Thornton

Forcing Zelensky to hand Putin Ukraine’s ‘fortress belt’ in Donetsk will lose it the war

And ‘land swap’ involving Ukraine ceding its strategically vital fortified cities in western Donetsk would be a disaster for Kyiv.

28.08.2025 5

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Rod Thornton