Moscow slams US cluster munitions decision
Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has condemned the US decision to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions, saying it was aimed at prolonging the war.
Russia wants NATO to discuss Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant at their summit this week, accusing Kyiv of causing “systematic infliction of damage” to the site.Missile shot down over Russia’s Rostov region: Governor
Russian air defence shot down a Ukrainian missile in the country’s Rostov region, Governor Vasily Golubev said on Telegram.
“There were no casualties. The debris partially damaged the roofs of several buildings,” Golubev wrote. Al Jazeera could not independently verify the claims of the governor.
Moscow regularly accuses Ukraine of attacks against targets inside Russia. Kyiv has denied this, saying it is fighting a defensive war on its own territory.‘Substantive’ discussion about NATO summit with Duda, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he had a “brief but very substantive” discussion at an event with Polish President Andrzej Duda about the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius.Cambodian PM urges Ukraine not to use US cluster bombs
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged Ukraine not to use cluster bombs, after Washington announced plans to send the weapons to Kyiv to fight Russian troops.
Humanitarian groups have strongly condemned the US decision to supply cluster munitions, which can go unexploded and potentially endanger civilians for years to come.
“It would be the greatest danger for Ukrainians for many years or up to a hundred years if cluster bombs are used in Russian-occupied areas in the territory of Ukraine,” Hun Sen tweeted.
He cited Cambodia’s “painful experience” of US cluster munitions dropped in the early 1970s, a foreign legacy that has left tens of thousands maimed or killed. “It has been more than half a century. There have been no means to destroy them all yet,” Hun Sen added.
“We agreed to work together to get the best possible result for Ukraine,” he posted on Twitter.
