Cluster Munitions and Thermobaric Weapons in Russia’s Military Tactics in Ukraine
Cluster Munitions and Thermobaric Weapons in Russia’s Military Tactics in Ukraine

Author(s): Marcin Andrzej Piotrowski
Subject(s): Security and defense, Military policy, Peace and Conflict Studies, Russian Aggression against Ukraine
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Russia; Ukraine; war; thermobaric weapons; cluster munitions; tactics;
Summary/Abstract: Despite the relative progress of its offensive in southern Ukraine, Russia is far from achieving the main political goal of regime change or capitulation of the government in Ukraine. Russia might now adapt its forces’ tactics and capabilities for siege and urban warfare in the main cities and capital of Ukraine. Elements of this adaptation might be a much bigger role for cluster munitions and thermobaric weapons, which are especially dangerous for both the defenders and civilians of Ukraine.

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