Photo: This image provided by Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other reporting by the Associated Press, shows a portion of what Human Rights Watch says are cluster bombs dropped last Tuesday in Tamanea, Syria. Credit: Ugarit News via Human Rights Watch
FM Lavrov Denies Use of Russian-made Cluster Bombs in Syria -- RIA Novosti
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied information from the leading human rights organization that Syrian authorities used Russian-made cluster bombs against rebels.
The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said earlier that during the ongoing conflict in Syria Russian-made RBK-250 series cluster bomb canisters with AO-1SCh fragmentation bomblets were used by the government troops against the rebel forces.
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My Comment: The Russian foreign minister can deny all that he wants, but Human Rights Watch (see previous post) is building up an impressive photo dossier on Russian made cluster bomb fragments throughout Syria.
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