Civilian targets were affected in the Saturday night shelling, local officials have said

Russia has condemned the United States over supplying Kiev with cluster munitions as an attack conducted by the Ukrainian military has left a Russian military correspondent dead and several more injured.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned Kiev of using the US-supplied cluster munitions against Moscow vowing reciprocal measure if Ukraine uses them.

‘Use of cluster munitions was called a crime by US administration, I think this is how it should be treated,’ says Russian president

A former US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter has said that the US cluster munition will weaken Ukraine in two ways: it is less destructive and will be followed by a powerful Russian response.

Maria Zakharova recalled that the US decision to supply cluster munitions to the Kiev government shocked the entire international community late last week

They were banned by an international convention, the world body’s secretary-general has pointed out

This “would inevitably cause long-term suffering for civilians,” the NGO says