THE US will send controversial cluster bombs to Ukraine to help the fightback in opposition to Russia.
The munitions are banned in additional than 100 international locations as unexploded “bomblets” can linger on the bottom — detonating years in a while civilians.
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The White House had held off sending them to Kyiv over fears of harming the harmless.
But US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan now says they’re “necessary” owing to Russia’s use of the weapons.
He added: “Ukraine wouldn’t be utilizing these munitions in some overseas land.
“This is their nation they’re defending.”untry they’re defending.”
Human rights teams urged Ukraine not to use the cluster bombs and the US not to provide them.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights stated: “Cluster munitions scatter small bomblets over a large space, lots of which fail to explode instantly.
“They can kill and maim years later.
“That’s why use ought to cease instantly.”
