Russia is using cluster bombs banned in Ukraine, according to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who made the announcement at special Meet of the foreign leaders of the alliance.
NATO has seen reports of other weapons used in Ukraine that violates international law, says Stoltenberg in a press conference, but did not give More details.
Ammunition is prohibited in more countries after more over 100 countries signed a international OK in 2010. Russia, Ukraine and the United States are not signatories.
mini bombs explode in the air above the target to release several small lightly armored penetrating explosives vehicles and injure nearby people, sometimes fatally.
Russia invasion of Ukraine has been met with international contempt. The European Union, the United States and the United Kingdom, among others, have implemented financial punishments on Moscow.
According to United Nations figures, 227 civilians were killed and 525 injured in Ukraine since start of the war. However, the Ukrainian authorities have put the death toll at over 2,000.
Over 1 million people fled Ukraine to neighboring countriesthe United Nations High Commissioner for said the refugees.
