Russia’s use of internationally banned weaponry in its invasion of Ukraine has been compared by activists and rights groups to Moscow’s cruel military tactics in Syria, as the Ukrainian civilian death toll in the war escalates. Rights groups and officials have accused Moscow of targeting Ukrainian towns and cities with cluster bombs and thermobaric weapons, devices that are intended solely for military targets but have been used by Russia in civilian areas in Syria, and now Ukraine. Several sources on the ground and investigators from around the world have confirmed that Russia has used cluste…