February 2022 Kharkiv cluster bombing
| February 2022 Kharkiv cluster bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Bombing of Kharkiv in the battle of Kharkiv during the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
.jpg) A damaged building in Kharkiv after the attack | |
| Location | Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| Date | 28 February 2022 10:00 AM to 2:23 PM |
| Target | Ukrainian civilians |
Attack type | cluster munition bombing |
| Deaths | 9[1] |
| Injured | 37[1] |
| Perpetrators |  Russian Armed Forces |
| Motive | Unknown |
On February 28, 2022, a series of rocket strikes by the
Attack
On February 28, 2022, during the battle of Kharkiv, around 10:00 a.m., the Russian Army fired Grad rockets into three different residential areas in Kharkiv.[2][3] Nine civilians died. Four people were killed when they left a shelter to get water and go shopping between curfews; a family of two parents and three children were burned alive in their car.[4] The locations hit were residential buildings and a playground,[5] dispersed between Industrialnyi and Shevchenkivskyi District. Explosions in the city were recorded as late as 2:23 p.m.[2]
Investigations
Human Rights Watch
Amnesty International
Amnesty International found evidence of Russian forces repeatedly using 9N210/9N235 cluster munitions as well as scatterable mines, both of which are subject to international treaty bans - Convention on Cluster Munitions and Ottawa Treaty - because of their indiscriminate effects.[6][7]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Civilian casualty report" (PDF). Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. March 1, 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 2, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Ukraine: Cluster Munitions Launched Into Kharkiv Neighborhoods". Human Rights Watch. March 4, 2022. Archived from the original on March 13, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ "Several killed as Russian rockets pound Ukraine's Kharkiv". Al Jazeera. February 28, 2022. Archived from the original on February 28, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ Luke Harding (March 1, 2022). "'Horrendous' rocket attack kills civilians in Kharkiv as Moscow 'adapts its tactics'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on March 28, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ a b David L. Stern, Miriam Berger, Sarah Cahlan, Isabelle Khurshudyan, Joyce Sohyun Lee (February 28, 2022). "Dozens wounded in shelling of Kharkiv as Russia strikes buildings with suspected cluster munitions". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on February 28, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Amnesty International UKRAINE: HUNDREDS KILLED IN RELENTLESS RUSSIAN SHELLING OF KHARKIV Archived 2022-09-17 at the Wayback Machine, June 13, 2022
- ^ "Ukraine war: Evidence shows widespread use of cluster munitions in Kharkiv". BBC News. 13 June 2022. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
