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In response to #Poland declaration of exit from land mine (Ottawa) convention, #Russia MFA stated it “will take steps to increase its defensive capabilities”.

But land mines do not magically jump over the border and conduct offensives. Land mines are already a 100% defensive weapon so the only case when Polish land mines may cause any problems to Russia is when its soldiers illegally cross into Polish territory and get blown up in result.

The only “defensive step” Russia needs to take is therefore to abstain from invading Polish territory, and Russian soldiers won’t suffer from Polish land mines🤷 It’s really very simple.

P.S. I explained in the past that Russia uses its private meanings for well-established words. In 2010 Russia already absurdly described “Patriot” air defense batteries in Poland and Ukraine’s defensive fortifications in Donbas as “aggressive escalation”. This is because Russia perceives its ability to invade other countries as it wishes as some kind of its natural right or entitlement. Therefore any initiative these countries take to make Russian invasion more difficult reduces this imaginary entitlement, and thus dialectically becomes “threat to Russian security”.