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A6 WORLD NEWS
Monday 17 July 2023
Putin says Russia has ‘sufficient stockpile’ of cluster bombs

By ELISE MORTON and FE- The Ukrainian military said northeastern Kharkiv region
LIPE DANA in a regular update on Sun- for two consecutive days,
Associated Press day morning that over the and that Ukrainian forces
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Rus- previous 24 hours, Russia were “on the defensive” in
sian President Vladimir Pu- had launched two Iranian- the area.
tin said in an interview pub- made Shahed exploding “There are fierce battles,
lished Sunday that Moscow drones, two cruise mis- the positions of both sides
has a “sufficient stockpile” siles and two anti-aircraft change dynamically sever-
of cluster munitions, and guided missiles, in addition al times a day,” she wrote.
warned that Russia “re- to 40 airstrikes and 46 at- Maliar wrote that Ukrainian
serves the right to take re- tacks from multiple rocket troops were trying to hold
ciprocal action” if Ukraine launchers. onto their positions on the
uses the controversial The Ukrainian General Staff northern flank around the
weapons. wrote that Russia continues destroyed city of Bakhmut,
In his first comments on the to concentrate on offen- but reported that Ukraini-
delivery of cluster muni- sive operations in Ukraine’s an forces were “advanc-
tions to Ukraine from the industrial east. Donetsk ing daily” on the southern
U.S., Putin said that Russia regional Gov. Pavlo flank. Ukraine has been
hasn’t used cluster bombs Police officers look at collected fragments of the Russian Kyrylenko said Sunday that trying to encircle the city
in the war with Ukraine so rockets, including cluster rounds, that hit Kharkiv, in Kharkiv, two residents of the region since losing control of it to
far. But the use of cluster Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. were killed on Saturday, Russia in May.
bombs by both Russia and Associated Press and one other person was Putin claimed that the
Ukraine has been widely that cluster munitions pro- U.S. allies, because those wounded. Ukrainian counteroffensive
documented, including by vided by the United States used in previous conflicts The mayor of Kharkiv, Ihor had been futile, in another
The Associated Press and had arrived in Ukraine. have had a high “dud Terekhov, said seven peo- excerpt published by Zaru-
international humanitarian The munitions, which are rate,” meaning that they ple were injured in a Rus- bin.
organizations, and cluster bombs that open in the often leave behind unex- sian attack Sunday eve- “All attempts by the enemy
rounds have been found air and release scores of ploded bomblets that can ning on the city, Ukraine’s to break through our de-
in the aftermath of Russian smaller bomblets, are seen harm civilians long after a second-largest. fenses ... they were unsuc-
strikes. by the U.S. as a way to get battle has ended. Ukrainian Deputy Defense cessful during the entire of-
“Until now, we have not Kyiv critically needed am- Proponents argue that Rus- Minister Hanna Maliar said fensive. The enemy is hav-
done this, we have not munition to help bolster its sia has already been using Sunday that fighting in east- ing no success!” Putin said.
used it, and we have not offensive and push through cluster munitions in Ukraine ern Ukraine had “some- Elsewhere in the country,
had such a need,” he said. Russian front lines. U.S. lead- and that the weapons the what intensified,” amid a two boys, ages 8 and 10,
Rossiya TV reporter Pavel ers debated the thorny is- U.S. is providing have been slow counteroffensive in were wounded when an
Zarubin published excerpts sue for months, before Pres- improved to leave be- which Ukraine has made explosive device left by
of the interview to his Tele- ident Joe Biden made the hind far fewer unexploded small territorial gains. Russian forces detonated in
gram channel Sunday be- final decision last week. rounds. Ukraine has prom- Writing on Telegram, she the southern region of Kher-
fore a scheduled broad- Cluster bombs have long ised to use them only away said that Russia had been son on Sunday, according
cast on Sunday night. been criticized by humani- from densely populated ar- “actively attacking” in the to the Ukrainian Prosecutor
The Pentagon said Thursday tarian groups, and some eas. direction of Kupiansk in the General’s Office.q

Israel’s Netanyahu is discharged from hospital after an overnight

stay following a dizzy spell

By TIA GOLDENBERG said doctors implanted a main in the hospital over-
Associated Press “subcutaneous Holter,” a night for further observa-
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Is- monitoring device placed tion, and his weekly Cabi-
raeli Prime Minister Benja- under his skin, to allow Ne- net meeting was delayed
min Netanyahu was dis- tanyahu’s medical team to by a day and rescheduled
charged on Sunday after keep a close watch on his for Monday, his office said.
an overnight hospital stay heart activity. It declined to Netanyahu is Israel’s lon-
for check-ups and monitor- disclose additional details gest-serving leader. He
ing following a dizzy spell. about the device, saying has served multiple terms
Netanyahu, 73, was rushed it was for “routine monitor- stretching over 15 years in
to Sheba Medical Center ing” and was a “custom- office. His current far-right
on Saturday after feeling ary” step. government, a collection
mild dizziness. His office Netanyahu’s office said of religious and ultranation-
said he had left the hos- he had spent the previous alist parties, took office last
pital around midday after day at the Sea of Galilee, December.
stating earlier that his test a popular vacation spot Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly Netanyahu is said to be
results were normal and in northern Israel where cabinet meeting in the prime minister’s office in Jerusalem, in generally good health,
that he was feeling “very temperatures climbed to Sunday, June 25, 2023. Associated Press though he was briefly hos-
good.” about 40 degrees Celsius pitalized last October af-
The medical center said (104 degrees Fahrenheit) leader was dehydrated. he had been out in the sun ter feeling unwell during
Netanyahu was in “ex- amid a stifling country-wide After being hospitalized, on Friday without wearing prayers on Yom Kippur, a
cellent” condition after heat wave. After a series of Netanyahu released a a hat and without water. day when observant Jews
a series of tests, includ- tests, the initial assessment video on social media last “Not a good idea,” he said. fast.q
ing cardiovascular ones. It was that the veteran Israeli night. Smiling, he said that Doctors ordered him to re-