Tag: bombs
“You are our future”: in Ukraine, a new school year under the bombs
War, bombardments, exile…: from the height of his twelve years, Rouslan has already experienced far too many dramas. The boy with round, youthful cheeks, whose gaze betrays a certain sadness,…
Men were arrested with pipe bombs and cash
“Looking at connections” Ten minutes apart, two explosions occurred in Gothenburg. Hours later, four men were arrested in a car with several pipe bombs in connection with a police check…
War in Ukraine: kyiv accused of using cluster bombs on a Russian village
The governor of the Russian region of Belgorod, bordering Ukraine, accused kyiv on Saturday July 22 of having bombarded the village of Jouravlevka the day before with cluster munitions. “In…
The color of war is changing! It caused great controversy… New statement from Pentagon about cluster bombs sent to Ukraine: A third country…
Cluster munitions, which are banned in many countries on the grounds that they cause civilian deaths, are also used in the Russia-Ukraine war. US President Joe Biden announced that he…
At least eight killed by car bombs in northern Syria
At least eight people, including three children, have been killed by two car bombs in northern Syria. One bomb exploded in a car workshop in Shawa, a village near the…
At least eight killed by car bombs in northern Syria
One bomb exploded in a car workshop in Shawa, a village near the Turkish border. Five civilians were killed and ten others injured, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights…
Cambodia warns: Do not use the cluster bombs
Cluster bombs, or cluster munitions, are fired from the air or the ground. When they explode, they release many smaller explosive charges that spread out over a larger area. Similar…
Several countries critical of the use of cluster bombs after the US message to Ukraine
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak believes that they are against the use of cluster bombs, and that Britain has signed the international convention on cluster munitions that prohibits its use,…
Expert: Difficult balance using cluster bombs
full screen Kjell Engelbrekt is a professor at the Norwegian Defense Academy. Archive image. Photo: Claudio Bresciani/TT Using cluster munitions in Ukraine is controversial and involves difficult trade-offs, both militarily…
Expert: Difficult balance using cluster bombs
The US announced on Friday that it will send cluster bombs to Ukraine. The White House itself has called the decision “difficult”, and the controversial type of weapon has been…