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Cluster bombs kill, wound over 1,200 in Ukraine since 2022: monitor
The Cluster Munition Coalition reports that over 1,200 civilian casualties in Ukraine since 2022 are likely underestimated due to unreported attacks and unexploded ordnance hazards.
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In 2024 more people fell victim to cluster bombs. According to a report, 314 people were killed or injured worldwide. In 2023 there were 219. The main reason for the increase is the war in Ukraine.
Cluster munitions release smaller explosives. Many do not explode immediately, they pose a persistent danger.
Colorado Springs Gazette
Channel News AsiaCluster munitions cause more than 1,200 civilian casualties in Ukraine war, global monitor says
By Olivia Le Poidevin
Last year there were 314 dead and injured by cluster munitions. 208 of them in Ukraine alone. However, a high dark figure is suspected.
In the past year, 314 people worldwide have been injured or killed by cluster munitions - a large part of them in Ukraine.
Monitor: Cluster Bombs Kill, Wound Over 1,200 in Ukraine Since 2022
Cluster munitions have killed or injured more than 1,200 civilians in Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion began, a monitor said Monday, decrying "troubling setbacks" in global efforts to eradicate the weapons. Since Russia expanded the invasion of its western neighbor in February 2022, Ukraine has registered the highest number of recorded annual cluster munition casualties worldwide, the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) said in its annual…
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