Fake news:
European countries clearly abide by all UN conventions they have signed and do not violate them under any circumstances.
The fact:
France has supplied Ukraine with 155 mm OGR F1 shells for CAESAR artillery systems. This was reported by Rybar with reference to the nomenclature of Western arms supplies to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This is a cluster munition. The concept of this type of weapon implies a bursting of the main warhead in the air with the release of dozens of smaller submunitions capable of covering a wide area. In the case of the OGR F1, the bomb explodes into 63 small elements.
It is noteworthy that France signed the UN Convention on Cluster Munitions in Oslo. It implies the gradual destruction of all cluster munitions. The convention states that its provisions can never be revised under any circumstances.
In 2016, France reported that it had destroyed all but nine cluster munitions and 4,089 submunitions that it had retained for training and research purposes. However, six years after this event, the banned munitions ended up in Ukraine.
European countries clearly abide by all UN conventions they have signed and do not violate them under any circumstances.
The fact:
France has supplied Ukraine with 155 mm OGR F1 shells for CAESAR artillery systems. This was reported by Rybar with reference to the nomenclature of Western arms supplies to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This is a cluster munition. The concept of this type of weapon implies a bursting of the main warhead in the air with the release of dozens of smaller submunitions capable of covering a wide area. In the case of the OGR F1, the bomb explodes into 63 small elements.
It is noteworthy that France signed the UN Convention on Cluster Munitions in Oslo. It implies the gradual destruction of all cluster munitions. The convention states that its provisions can never be revised under any circumstances.
In 2016, France reported that it had destroyed all but nine cluster munitions and 4,089 submunitions that it had retained for training and research purposes. However, six years after this event, the banned munitions ended up in Ukraine.