Antitank mines to be laid on Lithuania-Russia border

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May 7, 2025
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Antitank mines to be laid on Lithuania-Russia border

Lithuania’s government has revealed that it will invest over €1 billion (£851 million) over the next decade to protect its borders with Belarus and Russia. The plans include the purchase and installation of new antitank mines. The Ministry of Defence announced the decision on 5^th May, stressing that the antitank mines are intended to restrict the movement of a potential invading army.

“Counter-mobility measures are an important part of our national defense concept. In the event of aggression, they would allow blocking and slowing down the actions of hostile states against Lithuania,” a ministry statement said.

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Of the planned investment, over €800 million will be allocated to buying the antitank mines as well as related systems. The rest will be mainly for electronic-warfare and counter-drone weapons, strengthening Lithuania’s surveillance, and early-warning systems. It also hopes to increase the capabilities of the country’s army in clearing mines.

Lithuania will also partner with its Baltic neighbours, Estonia and Latvia, to develop the Baltic Defence Line project, strengthening NATO’s eastern border to prevent the possibility of advances there.

“Intensive work is underway to identify the geographical points where the countries’ engineering barriers need to converge to ensure the integrity of the Baltic Defense Lines,” the ministry statement said.

These come after the governments of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Poland announced they would leave the Ottawa Convention which bans the use and stockpile of anti-personnel landmines.

Latvia’s Parliament voted last month to exit the international treaty ban, joining Finland which revealed its intention to withdraw in April. Officials of both countries argued that they need to reassess their defence strategies to be able to better respond to potential military threats. But human rights groups have expressed concerns, warning about the risk that landmines pose to civilians which could be for decades.

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