Russia has escalated Ukraine invasion and is now using air-dropped cluster bombs: report

The use of cluster munitions by the Russian armed forces invading Ukraine has reportedly expanded from ground forces to the Russian Air Force.

On Monday, video appeared to show a Smerch rocket attack on an apartment complex. Russia was immediately condemned for committing war crimes by using the weapons.

A new video, reportedly from Zatoka, Odessa, shows an RBK-500 air-dropped munition, as reported by Bellingcat's Nick Waters.

"These are extremely nasty and can drop hundreds of submuntions," the former British Army officer explained.

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"The local authorities in Zatoka also state they recovered an RBK-250, another air-dropped cluster munition. The failure rate of these submunitions is high: usually a large proportion of bomblets do not detonate, which frequently end up injuring or killing curious children," Waters warned.