Men are treated in the hospital after they were wounded in cluster bomb attacks on June 30, 2022, in Sloviansk, Ukraine. Cluster munitions, prohibited by over 100 countries, including France, Germany and UK, typically disperse large numbers of tiny, deadly bomblets that can kill indiscriminately over a wide area. Those that fail to explode pose a danger to civilians when they stumble on them, particularly children. Russia, Ukraine and the United States have not signed the Convention, which bans the use of the weapon.Image by Scott Olson/Getty Images
Ukraine"s President Volodymyr Zelensky and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala visit the Velvet Revolution Memorial in Prague, Czech Republic, July 7, 2023. To drum up support for its membership bid to The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an intergovernmental military alliance between 31 member states, Zelenskyy is on a tour of several NATO states like the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Turkey. Although NATO has made a membership pledge to Ukraine, some of the countries in the alliance are wary of any step that may take NATO closer to war with Russia.Image by Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
A soldier with the call sign Gerych (right) from the 3rd Assault Brigade talks on a radio at the base of a mortar unit near Klishchiivka on July 4 2023, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. As of last weekend, Ukraine"s troops were pushing forward toward Bakhmut in their counteroffensive launched against Russia in early June. Russian accounts of fighting in this sector differ from Ukraine"s, though.Image by Ed Ram for The Washington Post via Getty Images
