Agencies – Moscow:
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova confirmed that Washington’s provision of cluster munitions to Kiev is evidence of weakness
“The supply of cluster munitions to Ukraine will not affect the course of a special military operation in any way,” the foreign ministry said in a statement, noting that sending cluster munitions is evidence of despair against the background of the failure of the Ukrainian “counterattack”.
She also continued, “The decision of US President Joe Biden’s administration to provide the Kiev regime with cluster munitions is another blatant manifestation of the aggressive, anti-Russian path towards the United States that aims to prolong the conflict.
It also indicated that Washington, by providing Kiev with cluster munitions, “will be complicit in the mining of the region and will share full responsibility for the victims of the explosions, including Russian and Ukrainian children.” Zakharova stressed that Washington realizes that Kiev’s promises of careful use of cluster weapons are worthless.
Yesterday, US President Joe Biden’s administration officially announced that it would send cluster munitions to Ukraine as part of military aid from the Pentagon. A Pentagon statement said the administration would provide “additional artillery systems and munitions, including improved dual-use, highly effective conventional munitions (cluster munitions), on which the administration has consulted extensively with Congress and our allies and partners.”
Cluster munitions, which are banned by more than 120 countries, usually release a large number of bomblets to kill people over a large area indiscriminately, threatening the lives of civilians. Unexploded bomblets pose a danger that will last for years after a conflict ends.
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