Adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs Anton Gerashchenko said that in Kyiv " Similar bombs have also been dropped on Kharkov.

He also added that this is the most brutal weapon, and Defense Express explained why..

Parachutes are used in ammunition of only two types - lighting and cluster. Lighting by themselves do not pose any threat, because they are used in the dark for illumination. Another type - cassette. In some of them, for example, in the 9M55K1 rocket for the 300-mm Smerch multiple launch rocket system, parachutes are actually used.

A parachute is needed so that the projectile " The principle of these sub-munitions is that each of them has its own individual guidance - a primitive thermal homing head, which must respond to the heat of armored vehicles. But in practice, civilian vehicles can also be captured..

The most common cluster munitions do not have additional guidance systems at all and are simply scattered over the area.

The area that was shelled by the Russians with cluster munitions poses an increased danger. There is a possibility that submunitions will not detonate and will lie on the ground. It is important to be extremely careful not to approach suspicious objects, especially not to pick them up.. Recall that due to enemy shelling, 24 fires occurred in residential buildings in the Luhansk region per day..