Cluster Bomb / Submunition

Cluster Bomb / Submunition event in Ukraine on Fri 8th November 2024

8th November 2024

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On 8 November 2024, according to 'DPR' sources, throughout the day, Ukrainian forces, from government-controlled Katerynivka, shelled unidentified targets in Russian-held Horlivka, Donetsk region, with 155mm artillery projectiles, including with cluster submunition. Objects of civilian infrastructure were damaged, including administrative buildings. In another instance, a Ukrainian kamikaze drone struck a group of electricians on a duty vehicle. As a result of the drone strike, 1 civilian was killed on the spot, another one died of his injuries in the hospital and a driver was severely injured. Also, Ukrainian forces dropped drone-borne explosives at a private house in Horlivka.

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