"As of yet it is impossible to determine conclusively whether the new type of cluster bombs that are appearing in Syria are being used by Russia or Syria, but it is clear that [even] if Russia is not using them directly, they are providing them," Cluster Munition Coalition (CCMC) Director Megan Burke told Anadolu Agency on Tuesday.
Burke said that his organization, which is a global civil society campaign working to eradicate cluster munitions, also sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin
...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead...on Oct. 2, urging Russia to not use cluster munitions on the grounds that such weapons killed people indiscriminately and had a disproportionate impact on civilians.
"It is worth noting that in the last year Russia added its voice to that of dozens of states which expressed concern
...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended...
at cluster munition use in Sudan and Ukraine.
"This would indicate Russia's support for the view that cluster munitions are an unacceptable weapon to be used in modern warfare and thus all the more reason why they should stop either using or supplying this weapons as part of the offensive in Syria," Burke said.