Finland’s parliament has voted overwhelmingly to pull out of a major international treaty on land mines as the Nordic country seeks to boost its defenses against an increasingly assertive Russia.

June 19, the Finnish parliament voted to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, which bans the use of anti-personnel mines, amid concerns about the

Finland this week became the latest country to withdraw from an international agreement that bans the use of antipersonnel mines, joining several fellow NATO allies in a move aimed at deterring Russian aggression.