Ukraine Latest: Defensive Lines Fortifie

Bloomberg) -- Ukraine has laid thousands of anti-tank mines near its northern border with Belarus and Russia to fortify defensive lines and positions, Ukraine’s defense ministry said, citing a top commander.

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    Poland will ship 100 KTO Rosomak armed personnel carriers to Ukraine now and another 100 later, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Saturday in his nightly video address. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s office last week announced plans to sign a letter of intend between Zelenskiy and Morawiecki on APC deliveries.

    Ukraine Fortifies Border With Belarus and Russia With Anti-Tank Mines (8 a.m.)

    Ukraine has laid more than 6,000 anti-tank mines along its northern border with Belarus and Russia to fortify its defenses there, Lieutenant General Serhiy Nayev said in a statement posted on social media by Ukraine’s defense ministry.

    
    

    “Anti-tank minefields are being created in tank accessible areas and probable paths of pushing the enemy deep into our territory which are roads, forest lanes, bridges, power lines, etc.,” Nayev said in a Facebook post.

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