The Biden administration approved controversial munitions as conventional artillery stocks dwindle.
to hundreds of smaller submunitions across a wide area.banning their use as inhumane and indiscriminate, in large part because of high failure rates that litter the landscape with unexploded submunitions that endanger both friendly troops and civilians, often for decades after the end of a conflict. The United States, Ukraine and Russia — which is alleged to have used them extensively in Ukraine — are not parties to the convention.
Although the United States has used cluster munitions in every major war since Korea, no new ones are believed to have been produced for years. But as many as 4.7 million cluster While Russia has used cluster munitions far more extensively, Ukraine has also allegedly deployed these weapons during the war, using its own Soviet-era stocks or shells obtained from other countries. A new
“This is just for where there are fields, because it’s very important not to bring harm to the civilian population,” Reznikov said. “We won’t use them before the de-occupation of a city.”As Ukraine’s pleas for the weapons have increased in recent months, they have been met with both agreement and disapproval by U.S. lawmakers.
Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association, which, along with Human Rights Watch, compiles information for the Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor, a Swiss-based international organization, noted the Pentagon’s failure to release any information on its new assessments and transfer plans. “We requested consultations about this months ago in a formal letter,” he said, but had received no reply.
Argentina Últimas Noticias, Argentina Titulares
Similar News:También puedes leer noticias similares a ésta que hemos recopilado de otras fuentes de noticias.
Decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine on Biden’s deskOfficials say sending the controversial weapons could give Kyiv the edge.
Leer más »
Watchdog Urges Biden to Halt Plan to Supply Ukraine With Cluster Bombs'Rather than add to the chaos and side-step the rules of the global system,' said ArmsControlNow executive director DarylGKimball, Biden should clarify that 'cluster munitions need not and should not be part of the conflict in Ukraine, or in any war.'
Leer más »
Watchdog Urges Biden to Abandon Any Plans to Supply Ukraine With Cluster BombsSending cluster bombs to Ukraine “would be escalatory, counterproductive, and only further increase the dangers to civilians caught in combat zones.”
Leer más »
Biden to send cluster bombs to Ukraine as coup leader reportedly returns to RussiaPresident Biden has reportedly decided to send U.S. cluster bombs to Ukraine as a way to boost Kyiv’s counteroffensive against occupying Russian forces.
Leer más »
The British ambassador spills the tea on Biden, Sunak, & UkraineKaren Pierce, British Ambassador to the United States, shares what King Charles & Rishi Sunak hope to get out of Joe Biden’s trip to the U.K.; and how the war in Ukraine is driving these two allies closer – and occasionally, further apart.
Leer más »
Biden to Send Bombs Banned by 120+ Countries to UkraineMore than 120 countries have joined a convention banning the use of cluster munitions because of their high failure rates, leaving territories scattered with unexploded ordnance.
Leer más »