Cluster bombs have been banned since 2008 by the Oslo Convention, yet the number of casualties – most recently civilians in Ukraine – has increased significantly in the last few years. DW's Stephanie Höppner on the cluster munitions impact and threat:
Cluster munitions detonate in the air and release thousands of bomblets that fall indiscriminately over a wide area
Oksana, who is 41 years old, was seriously injured that day, presumably by exploding cluster munitions used by Russian troops. Researchers from Amnesty International later secured corresponding metal fragments as evidence. These were similar to fragments that had penetrated Oksana's back, chest and abdomen. It is unclear whether she will ever recover from her injuries, if she will ever walk again or even speak.
Amnesty International says Russia has carried out cluster munition strikes in the north-eastern Ukrainian city of KharkivCluster munitions are dropped as bombs from airplanes or fired as rockets from howitzers, artillery guns and rocket launchers. They contain hundreds of smaller bomblets that then fall indiscriminately over wide areas — ranging in size from that of a few soccer fields to several hectares of land.
The report says cluster munitions were used in Syria, but more widely still in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, where at least 107 people were killed by them. The report adds that a further 242 people were injured, though the number of unreported cases is probably much higher.Due to their insidious and deadly impact, cluster munitions have been largely banned since 2008 by the so-called Oslo Convention.
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