Ukrainian military used cluster munitions to retake city: Report

By Mike Brest

Published April 18, 2022 2:51pm ET

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Ukrainian military used cluster munitions to retake city: Report — Smoke rises at the airport outside Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday, May 26, 2014. Ukraine's military launched airstrikes Monday against the separatists who had taken over the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, suggesting that fighting in the east is far from over. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) | Ivan Sekretarev

The Ukrainian military has reportedly used cluster munitions in at least one of its attempts to retake a city that had been under Russian control.

Ukraine used cluster munitions, which can come in the form of rockets, bombs, missiles, mortar, and artillery shells, that split open in midair to dispense smaller bomblets over a larger area in the city of Husarivka in early March, according to the New York Times.

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