Ukraine Receives US Cluster Munitions: Impact on Battlefield & Controversies Explained

2023-07-13 14:52:21

According to a senior Ukrainian army commander, the cluster munitions promised by the US have already arrived in Ukraine. “We just received it. We haven’t used it yet, but it can make a big difference (on the battlefield),” commander Oleksandr Tarnawskyj told US news channel CNN on Thursday. “Even the enemy knows that we have an advantage in obtaining this ammunition.”

The US government announced last week that it would deliver cluster munitions to Kiev. The use of these munitions is controversial because they release dozens or even hundreds of smaller explosive devices, many of which do not detonate immediately. They can still kill or injure people long following they have been dropped and are therefore a particular danger to the civilian population. Tarnavskyj assured CNN that Ukrainian troops would not use the ammunition in densely populated areas.

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