Russian defense minister says Moscow will use cluster munitions in response to U.S. decision to supply them to Ukraine — Meduza (meduza.io)

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Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said Tuesday that Russia’s forces in Ukraine will begin using cluster munitions in response to Washington’s decision to supply the weapons to Kyiv.

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[-] lusterko@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Basically russia threatens to do what they've been doing for a year already.

[-] fist_of_fartitude@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Since 2014, really.

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

I thought the Russians were already using cluster bombs freely in Ukrainian territory, including Crimea, where their own people are pushed to live, so that they can Russify it. @lusterko, can you comment on this? I got my info from Monday's Telegraph podcast ep. It's called "Ukraine: The Latest", maybe I misunderstood.

[-] lusterko@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I've never heard of russians purposefully shelling territories that they occupy at the moment. The only instance that comes tomind is them accidentally bombing Donetsk city last year, but I don't think they used cluster munitions.
I guess what they meant in the podcast is that russians use cluster munitions without any regards for the future, as their munitions have ~30-40% fail rate. Meaning that 30-40% bomblets don't explode, but will remain on the ground until demined, or somebody stumbles upon it.

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