Archive · 15 Sep 2025
Cluster Munitions in Ukraine: Over 1,200 Civilian Casualties
Cluster munitions, which release multiple smaller explosives, have caused over 1,200 civilian injuries and deaths in the Ukraine war since February 2022.
These weapons, fired from the ground or air, spread bomblets over a wide area, causing serious injuries.
Russia and Ukraine, who use these weapons, are not part of the international ban.
The United States sent cluster munitions to Ukraine.
Unexploded bombs can also cause casualties after the conflict ends.
This has raised humanitarian concerns.
Cluster munitions have caused over 1,200 civilian casualties in Ukraine.
Both Russia and Ukraine have used cluster munitions in the conflict.
These munitions explode mid-air, releasing bomblets over a wide area.
The United States transferred cluster munitions to Ukraine in multiple shipments.
Neither Russia nor Ukraine is party to the 2008 ban on cluster munitions.
- Who
- Cluster Munition Monitor and Ukraine war participants
- What
- Over 1,200 civilian casualties from cluster munitions
- When
- Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022
- Where
- Ukraine
- Why
- Cluster munitions, which spray smaller bomblets over wide area, cause severe injuries and deaths
- Casualties
- Over 1,200 civilian casualties
- Cause
- Cluster munitions
- Conflict
- Ukraine war since February 2022
- Munitions
- Explode mid-air, scattering bomblets
- Convention
- Neither Russia nor Ukraine are party to the 2008 ban
- US Transfers
- Sent cluster munitions to Ukraine