Butterfly mines against Donetsk, purely a terror attack, intended to frighten and injure civilians

[Scott Downey]

This was purely a terror attack, intended to frighten and injure the civilian population, with no military justification.

Who Dropped Thousands Of Antipersonnel ‘Butterfly’ Mines On Donetsk? (forbes.com)

Since Donetsk is with Russia, you know this was a Ukrainian action, not officially confirmed.

 

[Scott Downey]

Overview Of Bloody Attacks By Ukrainian Forces On Civilians In Donetsk People's Republic On August 4 (18+)South Front

On August 4, the People’s Militia of the Donetsk People’s Republic reported that more than 300 shells, including those equipped with PMF-1 (Lepestok) anti-personnel mines, were fired from the Ukrainian side on the territory of the Republic.

As of 9 p.m. on August 4, 20 civilians suffered from the explosions on PFM mines. One of the injured died in hospital as a result of the injury.

 

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