Monday, April 14 2025

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#Ukrainian paramedics start #CPR on a little boy gravely wounded in today’s #Russian ballistic missile strike with #clustermunitions next to playground in #KryvyiRih.

The paramedics say he barely had a pulse. The parents can be heard pleading for his life.

26 killed, incl. 6 kids

bne IntelliNews – Poland’s Tusk outlines push for nuclear weapons, plans to expand army to 500,000 https://www.byteseu.com/812672/ #bne #ClusterMunitions #defence #Europe #mines #NATO #Nuclear #Poland #RussiaUkraineWar #Security #trump #Ukraine #US

Now with #US restrictions limiting #Ukraine's abilities on multiple levels of defense, #russia moves into full #genocide mode, pouring #clustermunitions on residential neighborhoods.

#Trump’s legacy.

While #Ukraine's partners severely limit defenses, #russia uses the opportunity to ramp up the slaughter of civilians.

A residential neighborhood in #Donetsk, full of sleeping families, targeted with #clustermunitions.

Many victims, most sleeping in their beds, including children.

#BREAKING:

#Lithuania becomes the first #EU country to leave the convention banning #clustermunitions.

It has also announced it’s leaving the convention banning anti-personnel #mines.

#Poland could be the next country to leave the convention banning anti-personnel mines.

Lithuania exits Convention on Cluster Munitions (The Kyiv Independent, 2025-03-06)

https://kyivindependent.com/lithuania-exits-convention-on-cluster-munitions/
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“Lithuania formally withdrew on March 6 from the Convention on Cluster Munitions, an international treaty that bans the production and distribution of this controversial weaponry.

“The Lithuanian parliament voted to exit the treaty last July, leading to Vilnius submitting documents for withdrawal in the autumn of that year. The six-month deadline for leaving the convention expired on March 6.”

“#Lithuania, which lies at NATO's eastern flank and borders Russia's ally Belarus and the heavily armed exclave of Kaliningrad, argued that it requires all possible means to deter potential aggression, especially since Russia uses the weaponry as well”

“Vilnius is also mulling a withdrawal from the Ottawa Treaty banning anti-personnel mines.”

Pure genocide: Drones hit Sumy with shrapnel munitions

“These weapons are used to kill people. Not to destroy structures, just to kill more people”

“Just as the previous missile strike [had] #ClusterMunitions, today again #drones [are] equipped with #shrapnel,” he added.

“The same goes for other strikes, in other places where private #homes were hit, people were injured and killed. This is pure #genocide.”

https://kyivindependent.com/shahed-drones-that-hit-sumy-equipped-with-shrapnel-munitions-regional-governor-says/