What are flechettes, a brutal weapon used in Ukraine?
They kill and maim indiscriminately and are uncommon in modern warfare
RESIDENTS OF BUCHA, a town on the outskirts of Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, report finding thousands of miniature darts embedded in buildings and cars. The metal projectiles, less than 3cm long and known as flechettes, from the French for “little arrows”, have a particularly brutal reputation and are unusual in modern warfare. Why is Russia using them?
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