The US Department of Defense (Pentagon) reported that they delivered cluster munitions to Ukraine, and that they are already in the country. General Douglas Sims, Director of Joint Staff Operations, told reporters. DEA News.
“Our fragmentation ammunition is already there,” Sims said in response to a related question.
According to him, the United States has information that cluster munitions previously transferred by “third countries” are already on Ukrainian soil.
US President Joe Biden announced On July 7, it was decided to start delivering cluster munitions to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. in the US Congress criticized this solution. Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that such materials endanger civilians.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky at a press conference after meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg declarationthat cluster bombs will only be used against military targets.
previously in the USA questioned The rigidity of the Russian “red lines”.