US hands over cluster munitions to Ukraine declaration at the White House.
According to national security adviser Jake Sullivan, while the US acknowledges that the use of cluster munitions in Ukraine poses a risk to civilians.
“As a result, we are aware that cluster munitions pose a risk of harming civilians due to unexploded ordnance. That’s why we delayed the decision as much as we could,” Sullivan said.
According to Sullivan, President Joe Biden approved the dispatch of cluster munitions on the “unanimous” recommendation of the homeland security team; it was a “difficult” decision that the president ultimately made “in consultation with allies, partners and members of Congress”.
It was previously reported that the United States is involved in the next military aid package. delivery Ukraine thousands of cluster munitions. Mikhail Podolyak, an adviser to Volodymyr Zelensky’s office, said Ukraine would welcome the US decision to send cluster munitions.
Cluster munitions, also called cluster bombs, are containers that hold dozens to hundreds of small bombs. More than 120 countries have banned the use of these weapons under the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM).
formerly Poland wanted Deploying US nuclear weapons on its territory.