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at the beginning of the invasion. he also thanked the united states after washington agreed to supply cluster bombs to ukraine. it s a weapon that has been banned by more than 100 countries around the world. despite this, ukraine has been pressing for the artillery shells which drop multiple explosives to help with their counter offensive against russian forces. russia has been using the weapons since the start of the war. human rights groups say cluster bombs kill indiscriminately and unexploded devices can pose a danger to civilians for many years. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has this update from kyiv. it is contentious because human rights groups and others have long viewed them as dangerous to civilians, and more than 120 countries have banned them, but they have been used already in this conflict and ukraine has been pushing for them. it has become clear that ukraine has been pushing for them for months. the issue has been on president biden s desk in washin
WaterWasteProtestsBbcMillionsReleaseThe-sun-newspaperPacific-oceanJapanPresenterTeenager-tens-of-thousandsAllegations calling it a sliver of land in a wide sea but proof he says that ukraine will win the war. today we are in snake island which will never be conquered by the occupier. like the whole of ukraine. because we are a country of the brave. today we honour here our ukrainian heroes. hold the soldiers who fought for this island, who liberated it. under though this is a small piece of land in the middle of our black theatre is a great proof that ukraine will we gain every bit of its territory. i wanted to thanks, from here, from this place of victory, each of our soldiers for these 500 days. the visit comes as president zelensky thanked the us after washington agreed to supply cluster bombs to ukraine. it s a weapon that has been banned by more than 100 countries around the world. despite this, ukraine has been pressing for the artillery shells which drop multiple explosives to help with their counter offensive against russian forces. russia has been using the weapons since the s
WaterWasteProtestsReleaseMillionsPacific-oceanJapanPresenterBbcTeenager-tens-of-thousandsAllegationsPhotographs hello and welcome. ukraine says 174,000 square kilometres that s roughly the same area as syria has been contaminated by landmines since russia s invasion last february. most have been found in the north eastern kharkiv region. 0ur correspondent in ukraine james waterhouse reports. this is what you call a scratching of the surface, a sweep and a gentle prod for hidden killers. a job with very obvious occupational hazards. translation: my family calls me in the morning l and tells me to be careful, to watch where i tread. of course they re worried, very much worried. before, we would work with shells from world war ii, and now they are modern munitions, so we have to learn constantly because we find new kinds that we haven t encountered before. it s hard to describe this as anything other than random. this is a patch of land in the middle of balakliya. it s not a place, unlike other areas, that was once contested, where there was heavy fighting. but what these minesweepers
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