On the night of January 8, Russian troops shelled the southern outskirts of Zaporozhye, using banned cluster munitions.

This was reported by Oleksandr Starukh, the head of Zaporizhzhya OVA, on the morning of January 8. 

"At night, the enemy once again attacked the southern outskirts of Zaporozhye, using cluster munitions. As a result of the rockets, warehouses and other auxiliary facilities were damaged," he clarified. 

The head of the region says that as of 9.06 there is no information about the victims.

Currently, the relevant services are working on the disposal of cluster munitions. 

By the way, a

 cluster munition

is a special type of air bomb, which is characterized by thin walls.

A large number of small bombs are placed in one cluster bomb, which scatter over huge areas due to the explosion.

Civilians, in particular, children, are often the victims of these non-targeted weapons.

The human rights organization Human Rights Watch recorded numerous facts of Russia's use of cluster munitions in Ukrainian cities. 

Almost all projectiles of this type are not high-precision weapons.

When they are used in residential areas of cities, they can lead to really big losses, which is why they were banned in 2008 by an international convention in Dublin.

It will be recalled that

 during the "Christmas truce" the occupiers fired at the UN mission in Zaporozhye.

In addition, 

explosions were heard in Zaporizhzhia late in the evening on January 7 during the so-called Putin "truce".

As Zaporizhia OVA reported on the morning of January 6, the occupiers shelled areas of 18 settlements in the Zaporizhia region during the day.

As a result of the strikes,

more than 20 homes of local residents were destroyed.

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