US sending cluster munitions to Ukraine frontlines

The US is providing more military aid to Ukraine, but this shipment includes a controversial type of weapon. They are called cluster munitio. They detonate dozens of submunitions called bomblets. The Biden administration will sy thousands of them to Ukraine ast of a new $800 million aid packa. They are controversial because unexploded bomblets can harm civilians during and after a wa. We recognize the cluster munitis creative risk of civilian harm, but there is also a massive risf civilian harm if Russian troopsd tanks roll over Ukrainian posits and take more Ukrainian territo. More than 120 countries do ban this weapon, but the US says the munitions being given to Ukraine will have what's called a lower dud rate, and that means fewer unexploded bombs to hurt civilians.

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Published: Sat Jul 08 2023