[bnt]

If history taught me anything, a retreating army will destroy everything around them just to damage their enemy and make their life hell. Imagine if Russian troops just flood Ukraine with land mines, it would take decades to make the country safe again. It’s been 30 years and Croatia is still riddled with land mines.

[basementcat]

To an extent, this has already happened.

https://reliefweb.int/report/ukraine/landmines-still-pose-th...