Ukrainian forces are “running out of ammunition,” President Biden said as the administration announced it will send potentially hundreds of thousands of controversial cluster munitions to fuel Ukraine’s efforts to break through Russian defensive lines.
Ukrainian forces are “running out of ammunition,” President Biden said Friday as the administration announced it will send potentially hundreds of thousands of controversial cluster munitions to fuel Ukraine’s efforts to break through Russian defensive lines.National security adviser Jake Sullivan said the White House spent “quite some time” weighing the risks to civilians of cluster shells, each of which spreads dozens to hundreds of bomblets over a wide area.
Ukraine has given the administration written assurances that “they intend to use these munitions in a way to minimize the exposure of civilians, outside of civilian areas and outside of areas that civilians traffic. That is to say, on the battlefield, where they are presently both trying to defend their territory and to move forward,” Sullivan said.Advertisement
A number of Democratic lawmakers echoed Rep. Betty McCollum , who called the decision “unnecessary and a terrible mistake” that thwarted the will of Congress and undermined American moral authority. “The legacy of cluster bombs is misery, death and expensive cleanup generations after their use,” McCollum said in a statement.
German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit reiterated Berlin’s position as a signatory to the ban on cluster munitions but noted that Russia had already used them widely in Ukraine. “We are sure that our U.S. friends did not take the decision to supply such ammunition lightly,” he said.Rep. Jason Crow , an Army veteran, called for the Pentagon to release more detailed information about the munitions being provided and their failure rates.
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