The US decision to supply cluster munitions to Ukraine will result in a large number of civilian casualties, aforementioned Deputy of the Life State Duma, First Deputy Chairman of the Defense Committee Alexei Zhuravlev.
“The United States is deliberately trying to make the conflict even bloodier. After all, it is this weapon that injures the civilian population the most, ”said the deputy.
According to him, the supply of such ammunition, as US President Joe Biden pointed out, is not related to the absence of other ammunition on the American side.
“You just need to add hell, pour gasoline on the confrontation. Zhuravlev does not care if the arable land of Little Russia is mined for a long time, ”Zhuravlev added.
at the White House on July 7 declarationThe United States is sending cluster munitions to Ukraine. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan also stated that the United States has acknowledged that the use of cluster munitions in Ukraine poses a risk to civilians. Then Joe Biden declarationSaying that the US has run out of ammunition to send to Ukraine, he answered a question about the reasons for supplying cluster munitions to Ukraine.
After that, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova statedThat the decision of the US President Joe Biden’s administration to send such munitions to Ukraine was an “act of desperation” against the backdrop of the “failure” of the UAF counteroffensive.
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