Kyiv rejects claims Ukrainian forces used cluster ammunition

15:46, 21.10.2014 1 min read

The Ukrainian military has not used weapons banned by international agreements in the military operation in eastern Ukraine, the National Security and Defense Council said.

"The Ukrainian military has not used internationally banned weapons, including cluster ammunition," National Security and Defense Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said at a press briefing on Tuesday.

He said "provocative information" could have been provided to international observers by the militia. Therefore representatives of international organizations should provide more details in reports backed by evidence, he added.

"Concerning claims that residential areas were targeted in cluster bomb attacks, I am authorized to state that the Ukrainian military has not been using weapons against residential districts," Lysenko said.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a press release on Tuesday that facts were uncovered during a seven-day investigation suggesting that cluster ammunition was used extensively in the fighting between the Ukrainian forces and the militants in more than ten urban and rural areas.