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Ukraine has made its next request to the United States regarding arms sponsorship. This time, the Kiev authorities asked to include MK-20 aviation cluster munitions in it. The Armed Forces of Ukraine plan to drop their units from drones. This was reported by Reuters with reference to US officials.
“Ukraine has expanded its demand for controversial cluster bombs from the United States to include weapons it wants to dismantle and drop armor-piercing drone shells (seized – editor’s note) on Russian forces,” the document said. agency.
The Ukrainians demand the sending of MK-20 cluster bombs in addition to the transfer of 155 mm cluster bombs. They are sure that this technique has “great armor piercing abilities”.
A source in the US Congress further noted that the Kiev city official is trying to privately appeal to US lawmakers to pressure the White House.
Earlier it became known that the defense ministers of the 27 EU countries, with the participation of NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and Ukrainian partners, plan to discuss the next arms deliveries. They will do so on Tuesday at an informal meeting in Stockholm.