{"id":176976,"date":"2023-07-22T08:06:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T12:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=176976"},"modified":"2023-07-22T08:09:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T12:09:12","slug":"huge-provocation-by-kiev-this-does-not-bode-well-for-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=176976","title":{"rendered":"

HUGE PROVOCATION BY KIEV!!! THIS DOES NOT BODE WELL FOR ANYONE.<\/span><\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ukraine attacks Russia’s Belgorod region with cluster munitions \u2013 governor<\/h1>\n

A village in Belgorod Region was targeted with the controversial weapon, Vyacheslav Gladkov says<\/h3>\n

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Ukraine has targeted a village in Russia\u2019s Belgorod Region with cluster munitions, governor Vyacheslav Gladkov has said.<\/p>\n

At least three cluster munitions were employed by the Kiev forces during a large-scale attack on the settlement of Zhuravlevka, Gladkov wrote on Telegram on Saturday.<\/p>\n

According to the governor, 21 artillery shells and ten mortar rounds were also fired at the village. It was also targeted with a single kamikaze drone.<\/p>\n

There were no casualties or damage in Zhuravlevka as a result of the shelling, he said.<\/p>\n

Smaller artillery, mortar and drone attacks targeted at least a dozen other settlements in Belgorod Region on the same day, Gladkov wrote.<\/p>\n

In the village of Ilek-Penkovka, 12 households were affected by an explosion, with the facades of buildings being damaged and windows shattered, he said, adding that injuries had been avoided.<\/p>\n

The US announced the delivery of cluster munitions to Ukraine earlier this month, with President Joe Biden describing it as a stopgap measure that was necessary due to a shortage of regular artillery rounds among Kiev\u2019s Western backers.<\/p>\n

The controversial shells, which contain multiple bomblets that are dispersed over a large area, have been banned in more than 100 countries. However, neither Ukraine, the US, nor Russia are signatories of the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM).<\/p>\n

Washington admitted that it was aware of the increased risk posed by cluster munitions for the civilian population, but claimed that Kiev had pledged to deploy them responsibly and steer clear of densely populated areas.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby confirmed that the Ukrainian forces had begun using US-supplied cluster munitions on the battlefield. They were doing so\u00a0\u201cquite effectively,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he claimed.<\/p>\n

Russian President Vladimir Putin noted last week that the US itself had earlier branded the use of cluster munitions\u00a0\u201ca crime,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0saying this was exactly how he regarded the delivery of such weapons to Kiev by Washington.<\/p>\n

The Russian military has a\u00a0\u201csufficient\u201d<\/em>\u00a0stock of cluster munitions, which it can also put to use in a tit-for-tat response to such weapons being deployed by Ukraine, the president warned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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