Cluster munition explosions rock Kyiv hours after Russian drone attack
Unknown explosive devices detonated in the Darnytskyi district of the Ukrainian capital on May 1, with about 10 explosions in the forest park and residential areas reported by the Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko on Telegram.
One person was injured and the roof of a residential building was damaged in the explosions, which were most likely caused by cluster munitions with a delayed release mechanism scattered by Russian drones overnight.
An investigation is underway.
Residents have been advised not to approach any suspicious objects and to report them to the authorities.
Earlier in the day, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that an elderly resident of the city’s southern Bortnychi neighborhood was hospitalized with injuries after the Russian drone attack and issued a warning of possible delayed cluster munition explosions.
Overnight, Russia fired five Iskander-M ballistic missiles and launched 170 attack drones on Ukraine.
Cluster munitions present an immediate threat to civilians by randomly scattering submunitions or bomblets over a wide area. Their remnants continue to pose a long-term danger after conflicts end, including submunitions that fail to explode upon impact and become de facto landmines. The 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions prohibits their use, production, transfer, and stockpiling.
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