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This story is part of War in Ukraine, CNET's coverage of events there and of the wider effects on the world.
Eliot Higgins, founder of open-source journalism site Bellingcat, says Russia has been using cluster bombs -- widely banned artillery rounds that indiscriminately shower a target area in a deadly rain of "bomblets" -- every day in its war on Ukraine.
Tracking launch positions with satellite imagery, Higgins told Newsy, his team has been able to determine "some of these are being launched from inside Russia into Ukrainian towns and cities."
Cluster munitions detonate in midair and release smaller projectiles powerful enough to kill a person or destroy a vehicle. The submunitions can often fail to detonate on impact, making them a threat long after hostilities have ceased.
Humanitarian organizations first reported that Russian military forces were using cluster munitions in late February on at least two civilian areas in Ukraine, including a preschool.
Russian missile hit kindergarten pic.twitter.com/mrbwzvwYWJ
— Олександр Мережко (@3tramvl026ajrar) February 25, 2022
Three people were killed on Feb. 25 when a 220mm Uragan rocket dropped a cluster bomb on the Sonechko kindergarten in Okhtyrka in northeastern Ukraine, according to Amnesty International. A day earlier, a missile carrying cluster munitions reportedly exploded outside a hospital in eastern Ukraine.
Four civilians were killed, according to Human Rights Watch, and another 10 were injured, including six health care workers.
Here's what you need to know about cluster bombs, including why they're so dangerous, whether Russia could be considered guilty of war crimes for using them and whether the US has joined in banning their use.
What are cluster bombs? Launched from the ground or dropped from the air, cluster bombs are a type of explosive that detonates in flight and release dozens or even hundreds of submunitions over a wide swath.
A dissected cluster bomb in Laos.
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A single cluster bomb attack can "saturate an area up to the size of several football fields," according to the Cluster Munition Coalition, which campaigns against their use. That makes them the weapon of choice for forces looking to inflict damage as widely as possible.
While many cluster bombs are designed to kill personnel and destroy vehicles, some are intended to take out power lines or disperse land mines or chemical weapons.
Why are cluster munitions so dangerous? Cluster munitions are incredibly indiscriminate in their targeting, often maiming or killing civilians.
Often the submunitions don't explode on impact, posing a threat long after hostilities have ceased. According to the International Red Cross, cluster munitions can have a dud rate of up to 40%.
Some of the videos showing Russia's indiscriminate bombing of homes in Kharkiv today are too graphic to share here.
This one, while not graphic, is haunting in its own right.
Residents walking through a park scramble for safety as cluster munitions explode around them. pic.twitter.com/qOnk5rYNel
— Giancarlo Fiorella (@gianfiorella) February 28, 2022
More than 1,200 Kuwaitis have been killed by cluster munitions since the end of the first Gulf War 30 years ago. In Vietnam, hundreds of civilians are wounded or killed every year by cluster bombs left behind by US and Viet Cong forces in the 1970s.
The bombs are banned by an international treaty signed by dozens of countries. Though neither Russia nor Ukraine is among them, using cluster munitions on civilians is considered a war crime by the International Criminal Court.
Is Russia using cluster bombs in Ukraine? Humanitarian groups were the first to accuse Russia of using cluster bombs in its assault on Russia, an allegation supported by NATO's secretary-general.
Human Rights Watch says it has verified photographs submitted by hospital staff and posted to social media that show the nose cone and antenna of a 9N123 cluster munition warhead delivered by a 9M79-series Tochka ballistic missile.
Such warheads contain 50 submunitions, HRW reported, each of which contains 3.1 pounds of explosives and shatters into approximately 316 uniform fragments.
Amnesty International shared drone footage it says shows evidence of cluster munition damage on more than a half-dozen spots around a kindergarten in Okhtyrka, including on the building's roof and sidewalk.
The strike "may constitute a war crime," Amnesty International said in a statement.
The organization pointed to reporting from the open-source investigative site Bellingcat that indicates the remains of a 9M27K rocket were discovered 650 feet to the east of the school. With a range of about five to 20 miles, 9M27K rockets are packed with 30 submunitions, each of which carries more than a half-pound of explosives and shatters into up to 400 fragments.
On Friday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said officials "have seen the use of cluster bombs and we have seen reports of use of other types of weapons which would be in violation of international law."
US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the UN last week that video footage shows Russian forces moving "exceptionally lethal weaponry" into Ukraine.
"That includes cluster munitions and vacuum bombs -- the use of which directed against civilians is banned under the Geneva Conventions," Thomas-Greenfield added.
Russia has not commented on whether it is using the controversial munitions. Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov has said civilian deaths are being caused by right-wing Ukrainian nationalist groups putting military equipment in populated areas and using civilians as human shields.
Both the Ukraine military and Russia-backed separatists used cluster bombs during a 2015 conflict in eastern Ukraine, according to a Human Rights Watch report, though Ukraine has denied that allegation.
What is the Convention on Cluster Munitions? In 2008 the Convention on Cluster Munitions -- a treaty prohibiting the use, production or stockpiling of the weapons -- was signed by 120 nations, including Canada, Australia and numerous European nations.
Signatories also included several countries where such weapons have been used, such as Lebanon, Laos and Afghanistan.
Bellingcat has identified multiple examples of cluster munitions being fired into civilian areas of Ukraine, including residential areas, schools and hospitals. February 27, 2022
"There is no possible justification for dropping cluster munitions in populated areas," Amnesty International Secretary-General Agnès Callamard said of the attack on the preschool in Okhtyrka, adding that it "shows flagrant disregard for civilian life."
Countries that declined to sign the treaty and continue to produce or amass cluster weapons include China, Brazil, Israel, India and Pakistan. Neither Russia nor Ukraine has signed the treaty.
Has the US signed the ban on cluster bombs? To date, the US has refused to join the Convention on Cluster Munitions. In 2008, President George W. Bush's administration declared the bombs were "legitimate weapons with clear military utility in combat."
A 2008 Department of Defense directive ordered that all submunitions produced by the US had to have a failure rate of less than 1%. But in November 2017, a new policy under President Donald Trump allowed the use of cluster munitions that didn't meet that 1% threshold "in extreme situations to meet immediate warfighting demands."
The US last used cluster munitions during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, according to the Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor, "with the exception of a single attack in Yemen in 2009."
The US has an estimated stockpile of 1 billion submunitions, though it only manufactures new cluster munitions for foreign sale, according to the Arms Control Commission.
While many cluster bombs are designed to kill personnel and destroy vehicles, some are intended to take out power lines or disperse land mines or chemical weapons.
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What is a vacuum bomb? On Monday, Ambassador of Ukraine to the US Oksana Markarova accused Russia of deploying vacuum bombs.
Consisting largely of fuel, vacuum bombs (also known as thermobaric weapons), suck in oxygen from the surrounding atmosphere and explode in a high-temperature fireball that can vaporize a human body.
While cluster bombs are used to devastate widespread areas, vacuum bombs generally target harder-to-reach sites like bunkers, tunnels and foxholes.
There has not been official confirmation that vacuum bombs have been used in the conflict in Ukraine, though on Feb. 26 a CNN crew reportedly spotted a Russian thermobaric multiple rocket launcher near Ukraine's border.
A Russian Army TOS-1A rocket launcher and thermobaric weapon mounted on a T-72 tank chassis in a military demonstration.
Leonid Faerberg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Is there a ban on vacuum bombs?
Unlike cluster munitions, there is no international treaty specifically banning thermobaric weapons. But the use of weapons that don't discriminate between civilians and military targets are broadly banned by the Geneva Conventions.
While neither Russia nor Ukraine is subject to the International Criminal Court, ICC prosecutor Karim Khan said he was opening an investigation into the possibility of war crimes being committed during the invasion.
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Post by Rhys on Oct 2, 2022 14:13:26 GMT -6
Sep 25 (OPTA) - Summaries for the Friendlies on Saturday (start times are GMT) Friendlies 3 ................................................................. Laos () 1 Maldives () 3 ................................................................. Friendlies 2 ................................................................. India (1) 1 Scorers: A. Kuruniyan 43 Subs used: Khabra 68 (Singh), Yasir 68 (Samad), Praveen 68 (Kuruniyan), Singh 76 (Colaço), Pandita 77 (Chhetri), Chhangte 91 (Thapa) Singapore (1) 1 Scorers: Ikhsan Fandi 37 Yellow card: Halim 44 Subs used: Adli 46 (Pereira), Kweh 58 (Halim), Suparno 58 (Swandi), Nor 88 (Stewart), Firdaus 92 (Ikhsan Fandi), Sanizal 92 (Irfan Fandi) Referee: Ngc HÅ HoÅng .................................................................
Friendlies 3 ................................................................. Hong Kong () 0 Myanmar () 0 ................................................................. Friendlies 1 ................................................................. South Africa (1) 4 Scorers: T. Zwane 33, M. Mayambela 49, T. Zwane 64, A. Modiba 72 Yellow card: Sibisi 21, Le Roux 57 Subs used: Mayo 69 (Sekgota), Mmodi 69 (Mayambela), Buthelezi 79 (Williams), Mokoena 80 (Zwane), Du Preez 84 (Lepasa) Sierra Leone (0) 0 Yellow card: Cesay 58 Subs used: Cesay 46 (Sillah), Williams 46 (Morsay), Mohamed Turay 65 (Bakayoko), Kanu 65 (Kargbo), Bah Kamara 82 (Conteh), Samadia 82 (Quee) Referee: Janny Sikazwe .................................................................
Indonesia (2) 3 Scorers: M. Klok 18, F. Aryanto 22, D. Drajad 56 Yellow card: Irianto 75 Subs used: Ramdani 46 (Maulana), Ferdinan 46 (Kambuaya), Sananta 71 (Drajad), Sulistyawan 75 (Sulaeman), Ridho 86 (Klok), Rafli 86 (Sananta) Curaçao (2) 2 Scorers: R. Janga 8, J. Bacuna 25 Yellow card: Statie 63 Subs used: Statie 55 (Timber), Nepomuceno 57 (Gorré), Bonevacia 71 (Maria), Markelo 71 (Carmelia) Attendance: 7,095 Referee: Abdul Hakim bin Mohd Haidi .................................................................
Kyrgyz Republic (1) 1 Scorers: A. Shukurov 24 Yellow card: Musabekov 41 Subs used: Mishchenko 46 (Sagynbaev), Brauzman 69 (Akmatov), Yuldashev 69 (Murzaev), Alykulov 69 (Musabekov), Rustamov 82 (Abdurakhmanov) Russia (1) 2 Scorers: A. Sobolev 30pen, D. Utkin 89 Subs used: Glushenkov 46 (Ezhov), Komlichenko 46 (Sobolev), Makarchuk 46 (Bakaev), Siljanov 46 (Osipenko), Khlusevich 46 (Karavaev), Utkin 46 (Fomin), Barinov 46 (Kovalenko), Dzhikiya 46 (Glebov), Kuzyaev 46 (Borodin), Mostovoy 46 (Krugovoy) Referee: Daniyar Sakhi .................................................................
Côte d'Ivoire (0) 2 Scorers: S. Fofana 60, F. Kessie 68pen Subs used: Sangaré 62 (Cornet), Krasso 62 (Kanga), Kouamé 62 (Singo), Seri 72 (Fofana), Gradel 82 (Zaha) Togo (0) 1 Scorers: D. Karim 85 Yellow card: Moukaïla 67 Subs used: Barcola 62 (Ouro-Gneni), Moukaïla 62 (Ananou), Hackman 72 (Henen), Asamoah 72 (Ouro), Nador 80 (Bessilé), Ouro-Agoro 80 (Placca) Referee: Aurélien Petit .................................................................
Tanzania (1) 1 Scorers: S. Msuva 29 Red card: 45 Yellow card: Kakolanya 71 Subs used: Ndemla 66 (Mao), Kyombo 77 (Khamis) Uganda (0) 0 Subs used: Begisa 65 (Kizito), Kakooza 65 (Sematimba) ................................................................. Bolivia (0) 0 Yellow card: Bejarano 34 Subs used: Villarroel 46 (Quinteros), Algarañaz 63 (Jaume Cuéllar), Terceros 63 (Vaca), Saucedo 78 (Justiniano), Ramallo 86 (Villamíl), Medina 91 (Bejarano) Senegal (2) 2 Scorers: B.
Dia 4, S. Mané 44pen Subs used: Dieng 64 (Dia), Mendy 64 (Ciss), Seck 74 (Diatta), Gueye 75 (Gueye), Mendy 85 (Name), Jakobs 85 (Ballo) Referee: Bastien Dechepy ................................................................. Friendlies 3 ................................................................. Grenada () 1 St. Vincent / Grenadines () 3 ................................................................. Friendlies 1 ................................................................. Colombia (1) 4 Scorers: J. Rodríguez 40, L. Sinisterra 57, R. Borré 76, Y.
Asprilla 89 Subs used: Durán 46 (Falcao), Sinisterra 46 (Cuadrado), Carrascal 64 (Rodríguez), Borré 64 (Díaz), Medina 72 (Muñoz), Asprilla 72 (Uribe) Guatemala (0) 1 Scorers: O. Santis 90 Yellow card: Gordillo 38 Subs used: Lom 64 (Méndez), Santis 65 (Lezcano), López 71 (Galindo), Rodas 85 (Castellanos), Ordóñez 85 (Mejía) Referee: Oscar Moncada .................................................................
Mexico (0) 1 Scorers: H. Lozano 85 Yellow card: Álvarez 81 Subs used: Giménez 62 (Martín), Antuna 62 (Alvarado), Guardado 68 (Chávez), Pineda 84 (Rodríguez) Peru (0) 0 Yellow card: Zambrano 62, Peña 87 Subs used: Zambrano 46 (Santamaría), Ruidíaz 69 (Lapadula), Peña 75 (Cueva), Reyna 76 (Carrillo), Gonzáles 86 (Flores), Valera 86 (Aquino) Attendance: 62,729 Referee: Bryan López .................................................................
New Zealand (0) 0 Yellow card: Cacace 79 Subs used: Waine 32 (Wood), Greive 55 (Just), Boxall 74 (Reid), Old 74 (Garbett), Roux 75 (Payne) Australia (0) 2 Scorers: M. Duke 54, J. Cummings 80pen Yellow card: Tilio 70, Baccus 89 Subs used: Strain 63 (Atkinson), Devlin 63 (Genreau), Cummings 63 (Duke), Kuol 73 (Tilio), Baccus 83 (Metcalfe) .................................................................
Monday, September 26 fixtures (GMT) Syria v Iraq (1500) Jordan v Oman (1800) Mali v Zambia (1900) Tuesday, September 27 fixtures (GMT) Equatorial Guinea v Togo Brunei v Laos (0800) Korea Republic v Cameroon (1100) Nepal v Bangladesh (1145) Ecuador v Japan (1155) Vietnam v India (1200) Congo DR v Sierra Leone (1200) South Africa v Botswana (1300) Indonesia v Curaçao (1300) Iran v Senegal (1430) UAE v Venezuela (1500) Bahrain v Panama (1600) Canada v Uruguay (1600) Libya v Tanzania (1700) Qatar v Chile (1700) Saudi Arabia v United States (1800) Côte d'Ivoire v Guinea (1800) Uzbekistan v Costa Rica (1800) Nicaragua v Ghana (1800) Egypt v Liberia (1800) Brazil v Tunisia (1830) Burkina Faso v Comoros (1900) Malta v Israel (1900) Paraguay v Morocco (1900) Algeria v Nigeria (1900) Wednesday, September 28 fixtures (GMT) Jamaica v Argentina (0000) Peru v El Salvador (0000) Honduras v Guatemala (0100) Mexico v Colombia (0200)
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