Russia’s use of cluster munitions causing ‘intense’ harm in Ukraine
Russian forces have used at least six types of cluster munitions inside Ukraine in attacks that caused hundreds of civilian casualties and violated international prohibitions on indiscriminate weapons, Human Rights Watch said in a new report.
The exact number of Russian cluster munition attacks is not known, the rights group said, but hundreds have been reported or documented since the start of the war.
Most incidents have taken place in Ukraine’s southern and eastern regions, including in populated areas. Ukrainian forces have also used cluster munitions “at least once” during the conflict, Human Rights Watch said.
“Russian forces’ repeated use of cluster munitions in populated neighborhoods in Ukraine causes immediate and long-term civilian harm and suffering and needs to stop,” said Mary Wareham, author of the report. “Ukraine should also stop using these brutal weapons before more civilians are harmed.”
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