Ukraine: Apparent Russian Cluster Munition Attack
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A man rides past a place where a woman was killed by an apparent Russian cluster munition strike in Lyman, Donetska region, Ukraine on July 8, 2023.
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(Kyiv, August 4, 2023) – Nine civilians were killed and more than a dozen injured in an apparent Russian cluster munition attack on July 8, 2023, in a residential district of the Ukrainian town of Lyman, Human Rights Watch said today.
Russia’s repeated use of cluster munitions since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has killed and wounded civilians, damaged civilian objects, and contaminated agricultural land. Cluster munitions are prohibited due to their …read more
Source:: Human Rights Watch
