Direct proof of use
Human Rights Watch's June 2023 landmine briefing listed MON-100 among at least 13 types of antipersonnel mines used by Russian forces in Ukraine since the February 24, 2022 full-scale invasion. The same briefing said Ukrainian deminers involved in clearance in retaken areas had identified Russian-stockpile antipersonnel mines after Russian retreats, while the MON-series table placed MON-100 in the USSR/Russia directional fragmentation family with tripwire or command initiation.
The Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor's Ukraine mine-ban profile independently lists MON-100 in its table of antipersonnel landmines used in Ukraine by Russia since February 2022. It describes MON-series hand-emplaced directional mines as capable of command-detonated or victim-activated use, depending on how they are set up.
Sources: HRW Landmine Use in Ukraine, Ukraine Mine Ban Policy
Timeline
The supported public timeline begins with the February 24, 2022 escalation of the war, after which HRW and the Monitor both describe Russian antipersonnel mine use in Ukraine. HRW published its detailed landmine briefing on June 13, 2023, and the Monitor's later Ukraine profile continued to list MON-100 among the Russian-used antipersonnel mine types.
The available sources support Russian use or fielding of MON-100 in the conflict, but they do not identify a single named MON-100 emplacement site, casualty incident, or firing unit. The page therefore treats MON-100 as part of documented Russian mine warfare rather than assigning it to a narrower incident.
Sources: HRW Landmine Use in Ukraine, Ukraine Mine Ban Policy
Narrative
In the Ukraine mine record, MON-100 appears as a hand-emplaced directional antipersonnel fragmentation mine rather than a remote rocket-dispersed mine. HRW's table groups MON-100 with MON-50, MON-90, and MON-200, and notes that MON-series mines can be used either by command detonation or in a victim-activated manner. The Monitor uses the same broad distinction, identifying MON-series mines as directional multipurpose mines whose legal and humanitarian risk changes with the fuze and activation mode.
That evidence places MON-100 within Russian area-denial and force-protection mine warfare during the full-scale phase of the war. HRW reported that Russian forces used antipersonnel mines, anti-vehicle mines, and victim-activated booby traps in areas they occupied or fortified, and described landmine contamination as widespread across Ukraine. The sources directly support MON-100's presence in this Russian mine-use pattern, but they do not establish Ukrainian MON-100 use.
Sources: HRW Landmine Use in Ukraine, Ukraine Mine Ban Policy
