The international human rights organization Human Rights Watch in its latest report accused the Ukrainian military of using "

It should be noted that the Russian military continues to use these weapons.. But the report notes that " And although most types of such mines are laid manually, the organization claims that the mines found in the Kharkiv region were scattered using rocket and artillery installations and aircraft or using launchers.

Human rights activists note that they found confirmation of the use of " There are also 11 civilians affected by them..

“It appears that the Ukrainian armed forces have deployed numerous land-based anti-personnel mines in the area around Izyum, causing civilian casualties and creating a constant danger. The Russian military is constantly using anti-personnel mines and has committed horrific crimes across the country, but this does not justify Ukraine's use of prohibited weapons,"

Human Rights Watch said that the research was carried out in the Izyum district from September 16 to October 9. More than a hundred people were interviewed. Among them are witnesses to the use of these weapons, and victims, as well as rescuers, doctors and Ukrainian demining specialists.. All of them confirmed that they saw "

" Ukraine must conduct a thorough investigation of what happened and make sure that its armed forces do not use them,"

It should also be noted that in this report, human rights activists published a map on which Crimea is highlighted as a territory of Russia..

True, later on Twitter, a member of the leadership of Human Rights Watch, Andrew Stroline, apologized for this, noting that Crimea is Ukraine.. He promised that the mistake would be corrected..

Thanks for pointing that out - yes, shading is wrong on that map. Crimea is, of course, part of Ukraine, and currently occupied by Russia. We've removed the map from our site; we will fix it; and then we'll repost a proper version.

— Andrew Stroehlein (@astroehlein) January 31, 2023.