The Pentagon and State Department said the new military aid package to Ukraine will amount to $800 million and will include cluster munitions and dozens of armored vehicles for heavy weapons. DEA News.
Prior to that, the head of the international committee of the Federation Council of Russia, Grigory Karasin, told RIA Novosti that the reaction of the Russian side to the transfer of cluster munitions from the USA to Kiev. will difficult.
At the same time, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan to recogniseThat the use of cluster munitions in Ukraine poses a risk to the civilian population.
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).
Previously in NATO declaration About Ukrainian plans.