Ukraine shelled Donetsk with cluster munitions

Donetsk came under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), which this time used cluster munitions to strike at the city, according to the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) in the Telegram channel.

“Fixed shelling from the side of the VFU [вооруженных формирований Украины] in the direction: 22:05 – n.p. Netailovo – Donetsk (Voroshilovsky, Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky districts): 4 shells with a caliber of 155 mm (cassette) were fired, ”the report says.

In total, according to the representative office, during August 5, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the territory of the DPR more than 40 times, using mainly NATO 155 mm shells. According to media reports, a fire broke out in a residential area in Donetsk after the shelling.

Earlier, on August 5, the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, announced the death of two women as a result of shelling of Donetsk and Gorlovka from Ukraine.

In early July, Washington announced the transfer of cluster munitions to Kyiv. Later, the Pentagon reported that the weapons were already in Ukraine. The US defense department then admitted that the risks to the civilian population associated with the use of cluster munitions by the Ukrainian army did not exceed concerns about Russia’s victory in the conflict in Ukraine. The White House said Ukraine had provided the United States with written assurances that the munitions would be used “with care.” The Russian Foreign Ministry called such a move “a gesture of desperation”, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Washington decided to transfer these ammunition due to the shortage of 155-caliber shells from the United States.

The DPR, as well as other new regions and border regions of Russia, are subject to regular shelling from Ukraine. Protecting the residents of Donbass is one of the reasons for the special operation that began in February last year.