Marble bomb to be used in open areas only “In a region where the Russian army is concentrated,” Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksi Reznikov said on his Twitter account.
Reznikov added that Ukraine will use such bombs, which are banned in more than a hundred countries, “to break through enemy defense lines.” with minimal risk to lifeFrom Ukrainian soldiers.
Ukraine’s Defense Minister also promised to “keep meticulous records” of the locations where these bombs were used, in order to prioritize detonating these areas “after evacuation”.
“This will allow us eliminating the risk of unexploded elements of cluster munitions”, said Reznikov.
Cluster bombs consist of a container that opens in mid-air and dispenses large amounts of explosive submunitions or “bombs”. Within a radius of 200 to 400 meters.
Some of these “bombs” do not explode when they hit the ground and after a while they explode, putting the civilian population in the area at risk.
human rights organizations and some governments criticized Washington’s decision To send cluster munitions to Ukraine.