Cluster Warheads Over Kyiv: Russia Escalates Attacks as US Pushes for Peace

Cluster munitions disperse smaller explosive devices, known as bomblets, over a wide area. More than 100 countries have banned their use under the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions. Russia and the United States are not parties to the treaty. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of using cluster warheads in missile strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions, hours after Moscow released an American prisoner and US special envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the war.

Ukraine’s foreign ministry said at least four people were killed in the overnight attacks. Zelenskyy reported that 34 others were injured, including five children, as Russian strikes hit 12 regions across the country.

“Last night, the Russians used, among other weapons against Kyiv, three ballistic missiles with cluster warheads,” Zelenskyy wrote on X on Thursday.

He said the missiles detonated in the air near their targets, scattering explosives across an area with a diameter of around 400 metres and putting civilians at risk.

Cluster munitions disperse smaller explosive devices, known as bomblets, over a wide area. More than 100 countries have banned their use under the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions. Russia and the United States are…

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