UKRAINE HITS RUSSIA’S BELGOROD REGION WITH CLUSTER BOMBS: GOVERNOR

Cars drive past a sign displaying a city name in Belgorod, Russia. FILE PHOTO

Sat 22 July 2023:

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The Ukrainian armed forces shelled the border village of Zhuravlevka in Russia’s Belgorod region with 21 artillery rounds, including three cluster munitions fired from a multiple rocket launcher, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Saturday.

“Information on the Ukrainian armed forces’ strikes in our region on July 21: 21 artillery shells and three cluster munitions from MLRS were fired at the village of Zhuravlevka in the Belgorod district. The village was also attacked by a kamikaze drone and shelled with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, with 10 shots recorded,” Gladkov wrote on his Telegram channel.

Nine artillery shells and two shots from a grenade launcher were fired at the village of Shchetinovka, the governor said, adding that one explosive device was dropped from a drone.

Ukraine received cluster bombs from the United States this month, but it has pledged to use them only to dislodge concentrations of enemy soldiers.

They contain dozens of small bomblets that rain shrapnel over a wide area, but are banned in many countries due to the potential danger they pose to civilians. Ukraine has repeatedly said their use will be limited to the battlefield.

In May and June, the region was rocked by violence after fighters from a pro-Ukrainian armed group crossed the border and started battling with Russian security forces.

Ukraine does not claim responsibility for attacks inside Russian territory and denied it was involved in the cross-border raids.

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