But those people were kept killed by russian soldiers. on purpose. earlier i spoke with a senior researcher at the arms division at human rights watch. i asked her about reports that russia has been using weapons of terror. the russia has been using a host of weapons that cause the banned by international law. and cause indiscriminate affects. cluster munitions. land mines. and explosive weapons in pop late td areas. bombing sp shelling of cities. causing long term effects on ukraine for years to come. and i want to get to the long term implications. because it isn t just the immediate tragedies, what can we expect even if we had a peace deal today? which is certainly not in the
Cards right now. right, first of all there s the issue of actually clearing the remnants of the weapons left behind. land mines obviously are intended to linger behind. that s the purpose. that s why they re so dangerous to soldiers as well as civilians. cluster munitions are large weapons that spread hundreds, dozens of hundreds of smaller weapons across the area. and one problem is that they when used in pop late td areas they endanger and can t distinguish soldiers and civilians. large numbers doents explode on impact. they lay around for months and years. decades. both of those will create an unexploded ordnance problem. there s the problem of and create a problem for refugees. returning to their homes. which is another huge issue that ukraine is facing. another issue the bombing and shelling of cities just leveling of communities. is the infrastructure destruction. damage to power plants, to