The House of Representatives of the United States Congress did not support an amendment to the draft budget for the defense of the country banning the transfer of cluster bombs to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was determined by the voting results.DEA News. DEA News.
It was stated that the amendment was rejected by a majority of 147 votes in favor and 276 against it.
On 14 July, the 2024 Fiscal Year National Defense Bill, which was amended by a number of deputies, denied US House of Representatives. Amendments providing for the reduction and blocking of future military assistance to Ukraine were rejected in accordance with the protocol on the consideration of changes.
Prior to that, General Douglas Sims, Director of Operations of the Pentagon Joint Staff, delivery Ukraine cluster munitions and they are already in the country. According to him, the United States has information that cluster munitions previously transferred by “third countries” are already on Ukrainian soil.
On July 7, US President Joe Biden announced that the decision to transport cluster munitions to Ukraine was made because of the country. Finished regular bullets noted that the Ukrainian conflict depends on ammunition.
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