Mykolaiv cluster bombing
Bombing during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Mykolaiv cluster bombing | |
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Part of the battle of Mykolaiv and Mykolaiv strikes (2022–present) | |
Location | Mykolaiv, Ukraine |
Date | 13 March 2022 |
Attack type | Cluster munition bombing |
Deaths | 9 |
Perpetrators | Russian Armed Forces |
On 13 March 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian Armed Forces bombed Mykolaiv with cluster munitions, killing nine civilians.
Victims and damage
Nine civilians waiting in line on the street at a cash machine were killed in the attack. The explosions also damaged houses and civilian buildings. Human Rights Watch analysed the incident and found that the Russian forces used Smerch and Uragan cluster munition on densely populated areas.
War crime analysis
Due to the inherently indiscriminate nature of cluster munitions, Human Rights Watch described their use in Mykolaiv as a possible Russian war crime.
See also
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Mariupol hospital airstrike
- Mykolaiv government building airstrike
Categories:
- Russian war crimes in Ukraine
- History of Mykolaiv
- Mass murder in 2022
- Airstrikes during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- War crimes during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- March 2022 crimes in Europe
- March 2022 events in Ukraine
- Cluster bomb attacks
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- 21st-century mass murder in Ukraine
- Use of cluster munition during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Mykolaiv
- Airstrikes conducted by Russia