2023-09-05 10:46:11
The finding of the Cluster Munitions Monitor is clear: Russia has “widely” used this type of weapon in Ukraine, since the beginning of the invasion in February 2022. In its report unveiled on Tuesday 5 Septemberthe Observatory, an NGO group co-founded by Handicap International, claims that kyiv has also used them, but “to a lesser extent”. These weapons are bombs which themselves contain other smaller bombs. In July, the United States delivered cluster munitions to Ukraine. According to the arms advocacy director of the NGO Human Rights Watch, among the victims, “the vast majority were killed by Russian cluster munitions attacks”. Follow our live.
Three drones shot down near Moscow. The Russian defenses claim, Tuesday, September 5, to have destroyed in the western regions of Moscow, Kaluga and Tver. Damage was observed after the fall of debris in the district of Istrinsky, specifies the mayor of the Russian capital, Sergei Sobyanin.
Ukrainian offensives are increasing in Russia. They regularly target the capital, its region or the annexed peninsula of Crimea, against the backdrop of a counter-offensive by kyiv that began in early June. On Monday, Moscow said it had shot down a Ukrainian drone off Crimea and a second device in the Kursk region, bordering Ukraine.
Kim Jong-un wants to meet Vladimir Putin, according to Washington. The North Korean leader intends to visit Russia to discuss with the Russian president arms sales from Pyongyang to Moscow for its war in Ukraine, the United States claims.
Cuba says it has identified an illegal Russian recruitment channel. The Cuban government claimed to have identified “a traffic network” aimed at recruiting Cubans for “military operations in Ukraine”and have instituted criminal proceedings against those involved.
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