- Russian forces in Ukraine appear to be using a new type of weapon as they step up attacks on civilian targets: an advanced land mine equipped with sensors that can detect when people walk nearby. Ukrainian bomb technicians discovered the device, called the POM-3, last week near the city of Kharkiv https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/us/politics/russia-ukraine-land-mines.html 66 comments worldnews