UN expert urges US not to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters A United Nations expert has urged the United States to reconsider its decision to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions, saying these could harm civilians even decades after the end of the conflict there, a letter published on Wednesday showed. The remains of cluster munitions container in the rebel-held area in Deraa, Syria, on […]
Ukraine war brings surge in global use of cluster bombs
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The number of people killed or wounded by cluster munitions increased eightfold last year to more than 1,000, mostly due to their use in the Ukraine war, particularly by Russia, a campaign group said on Tuesday. The deaths were the most reported from cluster bombs since a 2008 ban on the weapons […]
Zelenskiy says Russian bomb hits blood transfusion centre
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said a Russian guided aerial bomb hit a blood transfusion centre in the town of Kupiansk in eastern Kharkiv region late on Saturday. “There are dead and wounded,” he said on his Telegram channel. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Kupiansk is a railway hub fewer than 10 […]
Ukraine receives cluster munitions, pledges limited use
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine has received cluster bombs from the United States, munitions banned in more than 100 countries, but has pledged to only use them to dislodge concentrations of enemy soldiers. Valeryi Shershen, a spokesman for the Tavria, or southern, military district on Thursday confirmed an announcement by his commander that the weapons had arrived […]
Essay: There is no legal reason the US can’t supply cluster bombs to Ukraine – but that doesn’t justify Biden’s decision to do so
ROBERT GOLDMAN, a US-based scholar of the law of war, says – in an article first published on The Conversation – that while the weapons in themselves are not illegal, their usage can be…
Ukraine vows it won’t use cluster bombs in Russia
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine’s Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov welcomed a US decision to send cluster bombs to Kyiv, saying it would help to liberate Ukrainian territory but promised the munitions would not be used in Russia. The US announced on Friday it would supply Ukraine with widely banned cluster munitions for its counter-offensive against occupying Russian […]
US to send Ukraine cluster munitions, NATO makes membership pledge
Reuters The United States announced on Friday that it would supply Ukraine with widely banned cluster munitions for its counter-offensive against occupying Russian forces, and NATO’s leader said the military alliance would unite at a summit next week on how to bring Ukraine closer to joining. Rights groups and the United Nations secretary-general questioned Washington’s […]
US plans to send Ukraine cluster munitions – officials
Washington DC, USReuters The United States plans to send cluster munitions to Ukraine to help it battle Russian invaders, US officials said on Thursday, a move opposed by human rights groups but which would provide a powerful new element to Ukraine’s counter-offensive. A weapons aid package that includes cluster munitions fired by a 155 millimeter […]
CLUSTER BOMBS: A RENEWED EFFORT TO STOP MUNITIONS LEAVING A LEGACY OF DEATH
DAVID ADAMS reports…