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Mine clearance in the center of Donetsk. Archival photoDONETSK, Aug 16 A civilian was blown up by a PFM-1 «Lepestok» anti-personnel mine in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the Donetsk People's Republic said. -1, a man was blown up,» the headquarters said in the Telegram channel. The anti-personnel high-explosive mine (PFM-1) «Petal» is designed to damage the legs and works when a person steps on it. It is installed on the ground by remote means of mining. It is almost an exact copy of the American mine BLU-43/B (Dragontooth). The DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime has repeatedly recorded the use of cluster munitions equipped with mines «Petal» by Ukrainian troops in the cities of the republic. The Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN previously circulated a letter in the Security Council on the use of anti-personnel mines «Petal» by Kyiv against the civilian population in the Donbass. The letter was also sent to the UN Secretary General. In 2005, Ukraine ratified the Ottawa Convention, which prohibits the use, stockpiling and production of anti-personnel mines. Thus, Kyiv violates its international obligations.