After 500 days of war in Ukraine, the UN regrets the death of more than 9,000 civilians, including half a thousand children, since the invasion by Russia began on February 24, 2022, of the former republic soviet russian
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated in Istanbul his unequivocal support for his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodimir Zelenski, who, on the other hand, guaranteed the supply of the controversial cluster bombs from the United States.
Erdogan, who was receiving Zelensky for the first time in his country since the start of the Russian invasion, estimated that Ukraine “deserves” to enter NATO, on the eve of a major Summit of the Atlantic Military Alliance, on July 11 and 12 in Lithuania.
The United States has pledged to supply Kiev with cluster bombs, a weapon banned in much of the world that explodes in the air, dispersing large amounts of submunitions over a large area.