Russia fired cluster munitions at Ukrainian energy facilities in its massive attack Thursday, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said, slamming it as a “despicable escalation” by Moscow.
Cluster munitions can be dropped from planes or fired from artillery and missiles, exploding mid-air and scattering bomblets over a wide area. Experts say both Kyiv and Moscow have used them in the almost three-year war.
“In several regions, strikes with cluster munitions were recorded, and they targeted civilian infrastructure,” Zelensky said on social media.
“This is a very despicable escalation of Russian tactics,” Zelensky said.