Posted on 07/22/2023 9:58:52 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
A Russian war reporter was killed and three were wounded in Ukraine on Saturday in what the defence ministry said was a Ukrainian attack using cluster munitions, prompting outrage from Moscow.
In a separate incident, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle said one of its journalists, Yevgeny Shilko, had been wounded elsewhere in Ukraine in a Russian attack with cluster munitions that killed a Ukrainian soldier. It said his life was not in danger.
Cluster bombs are in the spotlight after Ukraine received supplies of them from the United States this month. Many countries ban them because they rain shrapnel over a wide area and can pose a risk to civilians. Some bomblets typically fail to explode immediately, but can blow up years later.
Reuters could not independently verify the use of such weapons in either incident on Saturday. Both sides have used them in the course of Russia's 17-month invasion of Ukraine.
The dead Russian journalist was named as Rostislav Zhuravlev, a war correspondent for state news agency RIA. His three colleagues were evacuated from the battlefield after coming under fire in Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, the defence ministry said.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova denounced what she called "criminal terror" by Ukraine and said, without providing evidence, that the attack appeared deliberate.
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Did Joe Biden send fake cluster bombs to Ukraine???
Up until now, no civilians have been killed in Ukraine. /s
If you are on the front, you are a fair military target, civilian or no - so stop the phony outrage
At least 40,000 Ukrainian civilians have been murdered by Russian artillery, cluster munitions, rifle fire, torture, and missiles. Whining about the death of one Russian SMO supporter on the front line is just gauche.
The Republicans supporting this war need to stop doing it.
I stopped sending money to them. No votes for them either in any election including the General.
“Award-winning Ukrainian writer dies of injuries suffered in Russian missile attack on restaurant”
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-writer-killed-amelina-attack-517669f1a1950b8d8e79070ac0fd191a
Just a coincidence TWO Iskander missiles at three million dollars each hit a small pizza joint killing ten children and the reporter.
Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Andriy Kostin, said Russia hit Kramatorsk with two short-range Iskander ballistic missiles. “They have a circular error probable (CEP) rating of between 30 and 70 metres, or 5-7 metres when equipped with a homing system, which means Russia was deliberately targeting civilians. Not that anyone needs any more proof of this any more,” he said.
Code Pink forever
Yeah, I don’t think anyone cares if this guy was a journalist or not. Or even which side he was on.
Video: Ukrainian artillery clears Russian trenches of invaders. At the end of the video cluster munitions are raining down on the Russian position.
https://twitter.com/worldonalert/status/1682808087923642369
The way that squib reads strongly implies that the Muskovites were already using cluster munitions.
You're evil personified.
I hope the Russians blew up another NATO command center and more foreign mercenaries. Anyone involved with this on our end in Ukraine deserves to come back in a body bag.
IIRC-—RUSSIA STARTED THIS WAR
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