UN: Cluster munitions a 'horrifying tool' in Ukraine, or anywhere
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The UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric reaffirms that the United Nations opposes the use of cluster bombs in Ukraine and across the globe.
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A view shows the internal components of a 300mm rocket which appear to contained cluster bombs launched from a BM-30 Smerch multiple rocket launcher in Ukraine's second-biggest city of Kharkiv on March 3, 2022, during war in Ukraine. (AFP)
Cluster munitions in Ukraine, or anywhere, are a "horrifying tool" according to the UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric who affirmed the UN's opposition to their usage, globally.
"We are firmly against the use of cluster bombs everywhere and anywhere. They are a horrifying tool of war," Dujarric said during a press briefing, before highlighting that the UN would seek an end to the war in Ukraine with its territorial integrity preserved.
Earlier in July, Dujarric had announced that the UN is aware of reports that Ukraine began to fire US-supplied cluster bombs and said their use should not be permitted in combat.
"We have seen these reports, which are very concerning, and as we have said before, these types of munitions should be consigned to history and should not be used," Dujarric told a briefing.
The munitions were specifically designed to cause indiscriminate loss of human life and hideous injuries over a wide area -- including in this case the loss of Ukrainian lives.
Former NATO chief slams use of cluster munitions as 'reckless'
According to former NATO Secretary General Javier Solana, the usage of cluster bombs is "reckless".
EFE news reported that the former Secretary-General stated, last month, that it is "very important" for dialogue to take place between Ukraine and Russia.
Solana added that the dialogue did not have to take place in public necessarily, however, the only interaction between the two cannot only be bullets.
Read more: A Grim Reaper that will outlast the Ukraine war: Cluster munitions
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