The HIM considers “very worrying” the use in the ukrainian war by the kyiv Army of US-supplied cluster bombs and said they should not be used. The United States announced on July 7 the shipment of cluster bombs to Ukrainedespite criticism from Germany and other countries, as well as from human rights organizations, which are concerned about the impact on the civilian population. Russia announced this month that if the United States supplied cluster bombs to Ukrainehis army “will use similar means of destruction.”
For his part, Russia made this friday missile-firing exercises in the Black Sea, generating the UN alarm for the aggravation of tensions since Moscow’s withdrawal from the agreement that allowed Ukraine to export grains in this way. “Any risk of escalation of the conflict as a result of an incident in the Black Sea must be avoided at all costs,” which “could have catastrophic consequences for all of us“Un Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council.