'A Living Nightmare': UN Says Russia Used Cluster Bombs in Ukraine At Least 24 Times

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'The entire population of Ukraine has been enduring a living nightmare.'

"For more than one month now, the entire population of Ukraine has been enduring a living nightmare," said U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet."The lives of millions of people are in upheaval as they are forced to flee their homes or hide in basements and bomb shelters as their cities are pummeled and destroyed."The U.N.

"Due to their wide area effects, the use of cluster munitions in populated areas is incompatible with the international humanitarian law principles governing the conduct of hostilities," said the U.N. earlier this month.the Russians of using"The use of cluster bombs has been outlawed by 123 countries that are party to the

, a binding agreement which went into force in 2010. The U.S. and Russia are two of the countries that have not signed onto the agreement, drawing international condemnation.

 

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