INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia on Thursday accused Ukraine of using cluster munitions to attack a border town, injuring one person and damaging several
buildings.Moscow has repeatedly accused Kyiv of using the controversial weapons since the United States agreed to supply them in July,
including to attack Russia's border regions."The border town of Rylsk was shelled with cluster munitions from Ukraine," said Roman
Starovoit, the governor of Russia's western Kursk region.Rylsk, a town of around 15,000 people, is fewer than 30 kilometers from the
Ukrainian border."A woman received moderate shrapnel wounds
She was taken to the Rylsk Central Regional Hospital and received the necessary medical care," Starovoit said."Unexploded ammunition was
Sappers are working," he added.Humanitarian groups have criticized the use of cluster munitions, which can indiscriminately scatter small
explosive charges over a wide area.Russia also has stockpiles of the weapons and has been accused by Ukraine and monitoring groups of using
them on the battlefield and against civilian areas.
