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Ukraine's ambassador to US says Russia used a vacuum bomb, international groups say banned cluster munitions used to strike shelter

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch both said that Russian forces appeared to have used widely banned cluster munitions, with Amnesty accusing them of attacking a preschool in north-eastern Ukraine while civilians took shelter inside.

Oksana Markarova, Ukraine's ambassador to the United States, told reporters after meeting with members of the US Congress that Russia had used a thermobaric weapon, known as a vacuum bomb, in its invasion of her country.

Since invading, Russian forces have targeted schools in four attacks, including using a cluster bomb to strike a preschool where civilians were hiding, according to Amnesty International.

Three people, including a child, were killed in the attack on the town of Okhtyrka, in north-east Ukraine.

Amnesty cited drone footage of the scene that "shows that cluster munitions struck at least seven locations on or near the building, four on the roof and three on the pavement immediately outside the school".

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-01/ukraine-ambassador-us-russia-used-vacuum-bomb-cluster-munitions/100870638