62 > 62 ~ The consequences of the probable use of cassette ammunition (Ukraine). Ukraine: Since the beginning of the war, more than 1,200 deaths caused by cassette ammunition have been registered Peace and safety Ukraine for the third year in a row occupies first place in the world in the number of annual victims of cassette ammunition. Since February 2022, more than 1,200 deaths were registered in the country caused by the use of this type of weapon. This is stated in the report of the coalition against cassette ammunition, which was presented on Monday by the Institute of United Nations to study the problems of disarmament (Unidir). According to the data given in the report, in 2024, 314 cases of death or wounds were recorded in the world as a result of the use of cassette ammunition. The real number is probably significantly higher, since many cases are not documented. In Ukraine alone, about 40 attacks were recorded in Ukraine alone using cassette ammunition, while the exact number of victims is unknown. & Amp; NBSP; cases of death from cassette ammunition were registered in nine countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Laos, Livana, Mauritania, Myanmar, Syria, and Syria, Ukraine and Ukraine and Syria, Ukraine and Syria, Ukraine and Ukraine and Syria, Ukraine and Ukraine and Syria, Ukraine and Ukraine and Syria, Ukraine and Ukraine, and Ukraine, and Ukraine and Syria. Yemen. All these countries, with the exception of Myanmar, also reported on new victims caused by the remnants of cassette ammunition in 2024. & NBSP; victims directly from attacks using cassette ammunition were recorded in three countries – Myanmar, Syria and Ukraine. All these states are not participants in the Convention on Cassette Munitions. & Amp; nbsp; from the total number of registered victims in 2024, 257 people suffered directly from attacks, and 57 – from the remnants of cassette ammunition. & Amp; nbsp; deadly Weapon Cassette ammunition, launched from the ground or from aircraft, explode in the air, scattering small explosive devices in a large territory. The victims receive serious injuries from explosions and burns, and unexploded bombs often remain on the battlefield for a long time after the end of the conflict. & Amp; NBSP; cassette ammunition and their remnants continue to be very strongly affecting the civilian population. All registered victims in 2024 are civilians. Children amounted to 42 percent of all registered victims. & Amp; NBSP; neither Russia nor Ukraine are participants in the 2008 Convention prohibiting cassette ammunition, which currently includes 112 countries. & Amp; NBSP; “Earlier this year, Lithuania has become the first state to be the convention for ordinary cassette ammunition,” said Orsin, ”said Orsin Hoffman, senior researcher Unidir. – Fortunately, no one has come out of it anymore, but later four other states of Northern and Eastern Europe announced their intention to withdraw from the Convention on the prohibition of anti -personnel mines – Estonia, Latvia, Finland and Poland. ”& Amp; nbsp; messages about the use of cassette bombs of Ukraine 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 ~