As the international community tries to bring the Ukraine conflict to an early end, there are reports accusing Russia of using cluster and vacuum bombs, weapons condemned by international organisations, during its invasion of its ex-Soviet neighbour. Such reports, forwarded this week by Amnesty International and Human rights Watch, as well as by Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States, have sparked more global concern. Cluster bombs are banned by the United Nations under the Convention of Cluster Munitions due to their devastating impact on civilians. As such, using them constitutes a war cr…

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