He broke the assurances of several European countries that the United States was supplying cluster bombs to Ukraine.
Rishi Sunak does not support the United States sending cluster bombs to Ukraine, Sky News . The British Prime Minister highlighted that the United Kingdom is one of the 123 signatories to the convention banning their use. Sunak, who will meet with the US president on Monday, said that
Britain instead supports Kiev by providing tanks and long-range weapons.
As is known, the United States argued in favor of sending weapons of mass destruction that Kiev had given assurances that it would not use them in urban areas.
Spain does not support the US decision either
"We should not send cluster bombs to help Ukraine," the Spanish defense minister said on Saturday, one day after the US announcement. the Reuters article, cluster bombs are banned in more than 100 countries, including Spain.
These weapons typically release a large number of smaller bombs that can kill indiscriminately over a wide area.
Those that don't explode are a hazard for decades.
Moscow: the USA will be responsible for the death of innocent children for supplying cluster bombs to Ukraine
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, this is a "sign of hopelessness and an admission of weakness."
Russia's defense ministry on Saturday described the US decision to supply cluster bombs and ammunition to Ukraine as an "admission of weakness", saying the move made Washington complicit in the deaths these weapons have caused among civilians. they cause
The delivery of cluster weapons is a sign of hopelessness and an admission of weakness in the context of the alleged failure of the counteroffensive in Ukraine."
- says the ministry in its statement issued on Saturday.
The Russian government also condemned "the attempt to prolong the agony of the current Ukrainian leadership, during which they do not care about the civilian victims of these bombs", since the weapons kill indiscriminately before or after impact by scattering small explosive charges.
"By supplying cluster munitions, Washington becomes effectively complicit in their use and shares full responsibility for the deaths caused by the blasts, including those of Russian and Ukrainian children."
the ministry wrote.
These weapons are banned in many countries, primarily European states that are parties to the 2008 Oslo Convention, which neither the United States, Russia, or Ukraine signed.
That's when Ukraine drops the devastating cluster bombs
The Ukrainian defense minister summed up the conditions for the deployment in five points.
"We welcome the US decision to provide Ukraine with new liberation weapons that will significantly help end the occupation of our territory while saving the lives of Ukrainian soldiers"
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznyikov began on Twitter, saying they have five key principles they will abide by, which he says they have already made clear to all their partners, including the United States .
According to Reznikov, the five principles are:
- Ukraine will use these munitions exclusively for the purpose of de-occupation of its internationally recognized territories, not on the territory of Russia.
- Cluster bombs will not be used in urban areas (cities) to avoid risks to civilians.
- Ukraine maintains strict records of the use of these weapons and the local zones where they are used.
- After victory, these areas will be prioritized for demining. This will allow them to eliminate the risk from unexploded components of cluster bombs.
- They will report to their partners on the use and effectiveness of these munitions to ensure appropriate standards of transparent reporting and control.
Whether the words of the Ukrainian leadership still have any credibility is up to everyone to decide for themselves.
Featured image: MTI/AP/Manu Fernández
