The White House on Friday said Russia has been using cluster munitions since the start of the war and Ukraine must fight fire with fire to thwart Vladimir Putin's troops, setting the stage for the U.S. to send Kyiv the controversial weaponry.
defenseless at any point in this conflict, period,” Mr. Sullivan said.Cluster munitions are artillery or missile-delivered weapons designed to burst into submunitions mid-flight to allow dense area coverage. They can scatter both shaped charges for anti-armor missions and fragmentation rounds in an anti-personnel role.
The use of cluster munitions is contentious because civilians can be exposed to unexploded ordnance. In providing them, President Biden is courting criticism from Western allies.Mr. Sullivan said it was a “difficult decision.” “We have been looking at this for some time. We did not immediately come out of the gate and provide this,” Mr. Sullivan said. “It’s a decision we deferred and required a real hard look at the potential harm to civilians.”
Mr. Biden hopes the weaponry will help Kyiv with its weekslong counteroffensive. Ukrainian troops have made slow but steady progress on the battlefield. Their troops have come up against a dense tangle of Russian obstacles on the front line, including trenches and minefields. The administration is moving to provide the munitions days before Mr. Biden heads overseas next week for a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.“For Ukrainian forces to defeat Putin’s invasion,
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