great danger to Ukrainians come from Russian attacks Commentators from the media and networks widely agree on Ukrainian social media, both on the front line and against more distant regions, such as the missile strike that killed ten in 6 of them in Lviv, and its actions in the occupied territories.
Save lives by helping the counterattack
The main idea is that the sooner and the more effective infestation, There will be fewer casualties among both civilians and soldiers who don their first military uniform after hundreds of thousands have been drafted or fought voluntarily.
marble bomb just a way to help achieve thisOleksi Melnik, a military expert at the Razumkov Center think tank, told EFE that Ukraine also urgently needs long-range ATACMS missiles.
Although cluster munitions can be dangerous by not detonating, about 2% and poses long-term risksThe expert explained that the risks are less important compared to other weapons used in Ukraine, and the bullets do not explode up to 30% in some cases.
“Meanwhile, cluster munitions are a very effective tool that can at least partially compensate for Russia’s air superiority,” Melnik said.
Ukraine tries to attack the well-prepared Russian defenses to liberate its occupied territory, while trying to compensate with artillery shells its very limited ability to support an airborne counterattack in the absence of modern warplanes.
Faced with the inability of Ukraine and its partners to rapidly increase artillery production to meet the demands of its military, supply of stored cluster munitions will at least partially compensate for the ammunition shortageMelnik explained.
Disrupting Russia’s military tactics
Cluster munitions according to former soldier and expert Yevgen Dikyi especially useful when targeting armored vehiclesWhenever attacking Ukrainian troops manage to break through the first line of defense, Russia usually sends forward to retake lost positions.
“While several projectiles are currently needed to hit a moving target like this, the use of cluster munitions covers a much larger area by dividing into about 10 small bombsIt will make it much easier,” he told Ukrainian television Channel 24.
Military analyst Mikola Bielieskov He called the arguments of those opposing the handing over of cluster munitions to Ukraine “unbelievable”.
In his opinion, without them Ukraine would have less chance of success and less likely to implement the “really fundamental” principles of the UN Charter that were threatened by the Russian invasion.
Ukraine ordered cluster munitions in early December, and all the pros and cons of its possible use have disappeared. “rated as necessary”Stressed Bielieskov.
“Do not question the Ukrainian government’s ability to exercise sound judgment and its legitimacy to ask for whatever it sees fit for self-defense,” he wrote on Twitter.
Bielieskov, along with other commentators, argues that the use of cluster munitions by, among others, Human Rights Watch and representatives of governments such as Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom poses a very high risk to Ukrainian civilians.
Some commentators also pointed out that Russia used well-documented cluster munitions during the occupation, particularly in the bombardment of settlements in Kharkiv and Mikolaiv.
Bielieskov and other experts say depriving Ukraine of cluster munitions would make the country less able to protect itself, as both Ukraine and Russia are not parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which prohibits their use.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksi Reznikov also gave the following assurance on the 7th: Ukraine will not use cluster munitions in urban areasbut he would only use it to break through the Russian defenses and liberate his own occupied territory, and not to attack Russian territory.