Kajaani, Finland, Feb 6, 2026 (AFP) - In Finland's forests, soldiers re-learn how to lay anti-personnel mines

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2026-02-06

Finland is barely out of the treaty banning them but the country's armed forces are already training soldiers to lay anti-personnel mines, citing a threat from neighbouring Russia. Trudging through snow, a young Finnish conscript carefully draws a thin blue wire between two pine trees. The other end is attached to a hidden mine some 20 metres (65 feet) away. "We are in the process of figuring out what's the most effective way to use them," said L......

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