High-explosive anti-personnel mines (PFM-1) «Petal». Archival photoDONETSK, Aug. 8 66 anti-personnel mines «Lepestok» were found on the territory of the Donetsk Regional Psychiatric Hospital, dropped on the capital of the republic by the Ukrainian military, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports. filled with PMF-1 mines. According to the markings on the body found by the agency correspondent, the rocket was produced in 1991, and the mines in it have a self-destruction mechanism. «.The anti-personnel high-explosive mine PFM-1 is designed to damage the legs and works when a person steps on it. The mines are hardly noticeable, and especially dangerous for the civilian population, because due to their unusual shape, people cannot recognize them. «Petals» can also work spontaneously, from heating in the sun. prohibited by the Ottawa Convention, which Ukraine ratified in 2005. Thus, Kyiv is violating its own international obligations. The Permanent Mission of Russia to the UN previously circulated a letter in the Security Council about the use of «Petals» by the Ukrainian authorities against civilians in the Donbass. The message was also sent to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
