Ukraine Government Troops Used Cluster Bombs, Rights Group Says
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Ukrainian government forces used cluster bombs in the city of Donetsk this month, Human Rights Watch said, urging the country to stop the practice that may amount to a war crime and join a treaty to ban such munitions.
The use of such weapons has been “widespread” in Ukraine’s easternmost regions, where the Ukrainian army is battling pro-Russian rebels, New York-based Human Rights Watch said in an e-mailed statement dated yesterday. Evidence points to government forces being responsible for several attacks, though insurgents may also be accountable, it said. Ukraine denied using any cluster munitions or targeting residential areas with artillery.