The Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed the scale of Russian terror with cluster munitions

According to hvylya.net: Almost 6 thousand facts of Russia's use of cluster munitions in Ukraine have been recorded. In particular, Russian occupiers used rocket-bomb strikes with cluster munitions against Ukrainian military and civilians. Among the used means were coordinated systems such as 'Smerch', 'Grad', 'Uragan', 'Tochka-U', as well as aerial bombs.

'Among the numerous documented cases, particularly brutal is the murder of 22 and injury of 31 people in Chernihiv on March 17, 2022, as a result of shelling from the MLRS 'Uragan'; a strike on Kramatorsk on April 8, 2022, with a cluster missile 'Tochka-U' at the train station during the evacuation of civilians, resulting in 54 deaths and 135 injuries; and the shelling of Kyiv on June 17, 2025, with an X-69 missile, after which 29 objects resembling cluster munitions were found.'

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that these are just some examples of cities affected by the use of cluster munitions by Russia. Worse still, these attacks have led to many casualties among the civilian population and caused significant damage to infrastructure.

Violations of International Humanitarian Law

The way Russia uses cluster munitions grossly violates the norms of international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Convention on the Protection of Civilian Persons, the Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. These documents define intentional attacks on civilians as war crimes.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' report on the facts of Russia's use of cluster munitions in various cities of Ukraine demonstrates the cruelty and ruthlessness of the aggressor, as well as the terrible consequences for the civilian population and the country's infrastructure. The international community must respond to these violations of the international humanitarian legal system to prevent similar tragedies in the future.