Editing Flechette (section)

=== Russo-Ukrainian war ===
[[File:Russian flechettes in Sumy Oblast, 30 May 2022 (1).jpg|thumb|Flechettes found in [[Sumy Oblast]] after Russian shelling on 30 May 2022]]
Flechettes have been used during the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], where samples of the projectiles were recovered in the mass graves in [[Bucha, Kyiv Oblast|Bucha]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Dozens of Bucha civilians were killed by metal darts from Russian artillery |language=en-UK |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/24/dozens-bucha-civilians-killed-flechettes-metal-darts-russian-artillery |access-date=24 April 2022 }}</ref> A witness described munitions bursting overhead and littering the area with 3&nbsp;cm flechettes. A British munitions expert reviewed photographs of the flechettes and concluded that they likely came from a 122 mm 3Sh1 artillery round. A speaker for the [[Ukrainian Ground Forces]] stated that Ukraine's military does not use shells with flechettes.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Lethal darts were fired into a Ukrainian neighborhood by the thousands |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/18/flechette-projectile-ukraine-russia/ |access-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220418140942/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/18/flechette-projectile-ukraine-russia/ |archive-date=18 April 2022}}</ref>