HRW: the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine gave the order to abandon cluster munitions in Donbass
Authorized Ukrainian government has assured the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch that will send the order to the armed forces prohibiting the use of cluster munitions in the conflict area in the East of Ukraine, said the organization's Executive Director Kenneth Roth.
" We have received certification from authorized Ukrainian government that they will send appropriate instructions to their armed forces so that they did not use such weapons, " said a Mouth at a press conference in the capital of Russia, RIA " Novosti ". According to the Company, which first met with representatives of Kyiv authorities, the Ukrainian government has agreed that multiple rocket systems " Grad " and cluster munitions cannot be used in populated areas." We disagree with them, it is in assessing how often that happened, " said Director of Human Rights Watch. On Wednesday, the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation published in the 3rd edition of the White book of violations of human rights and the rule of law in Ukraine " during July - November 2014 said that the Ukrainian authorities used against residents of the South-East of the country phosphorous and cluster munitions, the " Hail " and " Hurricane ", a ballistic missile " Tochka-U ". In addition, the Executive Director of Human Rights Watch Kenneth Roth said that Kiev did not deny the use of " Grads " in the Donbass, and this weapon cannot be used in areas with civilians.
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