Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of the use of cluster munitions being used by Russian forces in Ukraine; and whether she has had discussions with her international counterparts on the compatibility of such munitions with international law.

The UK Government condemns the indiscriminate or disproportionate use of any weapon, including incendiary weapons or those that have an incendiary effect. The targeting of civilians and civilian objects is not only abhorrent, but also a blatant violation of international law, and should not continue under any circumstances. The UK has been at the forefront of efforts to support the investigation of atrocities being committed in Ukraine, and welcomed the publication of the OSCE's Moscow Mechanism report in April, which found multiple instances of clear violations of international law by Russian forces in Ukraine, including credible evidence of war crimes.