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Kyiv: Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksey Reznikov He welcomed the decision of the United States to send cluster bombs to Kyivsaying that it would help liberation Ukrainian But she promised that the munitions would not be used in Russia.
The United States announced on Friday that it would supply Ukraine with widely banned cluster munitions for its counter-offensive against occupying Russian forces.
The munitions will help save the lives of Ukrainian soldiers, Reznikov said, adding that Ukraine will keep a strict record of their use and share information with its partners. “Our position is simple – we need to liberate our temporarily occupied lands and save the lives of our people.” Reznikov wrote on Twitter.
“Ukraine will use these munitions only to end the occupation of our internationally recognized territories. These munitions will not be used in the territories officially recognized by Russia.”
Cluster munitions are banned by more than 100 countries. They usually release large numbers of small bombs that can kill indiscriminately over a wide area. Those that do not explode pose a danger for decades.
Moscow again criticized the US decision on Saturday, calling it another “terrible” example of Washington’s “anti-Russian” course. “Another wonder weapon, which Washington and Kiev rely on without considering its serious consequences, will not in any way affect the course of the special military operation, the goals and objectives of which will be fully achieved,” said Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry. he said in a statement.
Jake Sullivan, National Security Adviser to US President Joe Biden, on Friday sought to make the case for providing weapons to Ukraine to reclaim territory captured since Russia’s invasion in February 2022. “We recognize that cluster munitions pose a risk to civilians from unexploded ordnance,” Sullivan to reporters. “But there is also a high risk of civilian harm if Russian troops and tanks roll over Ukrainian positions, capture more Ukrainian land and subjugate more Ukrainian civilians because Ukraine does not have enough artillery,” he said.
Reznikov said the army would not use cluster munitions in urban areas and would only use them to “break through enemy defense lines”.
Russia, Ukraine and the United States have not signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which bans the production, stockpiling, use and transfer of the weapons.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky returned home from a visit to Turkey, bringing with him five commanders of the former Ukrainian garrison in Mariupol, who were forced to live in Turkey under the terms of last year’s prisoner exchange.
The commanders, who have a reputation as heroes in Ukraine, last year led the defense of the port, the largest city Russia captured in its conquest. Thousands of civilians were killed inside Mariupol when Russian forces razed the city during a three-month siege, and Kiev ordered the Ukrainian defenders, who had held out in tunnels and bunkers under a steel factory, to surrender in May last year. Moscow released some of them in September last year.
The United States announced on Friday that it would supply Ukraine with widely banned cluster munitions for its counter-offensive against occupying Russian forces.
The munitions will help save the lives of Ukrainian soldiers, Reznikov said, adding that Ukraine will keep a strict record of their use and share information with its partners. “Our position is simple – we need to liberate our temporarily occupied lands and save the lives of our people.” Reznikov wrote on Twitter.
“Ukraine will use these munitions only to end the occupation of our internationally recognized territories. These munitions will not be used in the territories officially recognized by Russia.”
Cluster munitions are banned by more than 100 countries. They usually release large numbers of small bombs that can kill indiscriminately over a wide area. Those that do not explode pose a danger for decades.
Moscow again criticized the US decision on Saturday, calling it another “terrible” example of Washington’s “anti-Russian” course. “Another wonder weapon, which Washington and Kiev rely on without considering its serious consequences, will not in any way affect the course of the special military operation, the goals and objectives of which will be fully achieved,” said Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry. he said in a statement.
Jake Sullivan, National Security Adviser to US President Joe Biden, on Friday sought to make the case for providing weapons to Ukraine to reclaim territory captured since Russia’s invasion in February 2022. “We recognize that cluster munitions pose a risk to civilians from unexploded ordnance,” Sullivan to reporters. “But there is also a high risk of civilian harm if Russian troops and tanks roll over Ukrainian positions, capture more Ukrainian land and subjugate more Ukrainian civilians because Ukraine does not have enough artillery,” he said.
Reznikov said the army would not use cluster munitions in urban areas and would only use them to “break through enemy defense lines”.
Russia, Ukraine and the United States have not signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which bans the production, stockpiling, use and transfer of the weapons.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky returned home from a visit to Turkey, bringing with him five commanders of the former Ukrainian garrison in Mariupol, who were forced to live in Turkey under the terms of last year’s prisoner exchange.
The commanders, who have a reputation as heroes in Ukraine, last year led the defense of the port, the largest city Russia captured in its conquest. Thousands of civilians were killed inside Mariupol when Russian forces razed the city during a three-month siege, and Kiev ordered the Ukrainian defenders, who had held out in tunnels and bunkers under a steel factory, to surrender in May last year. Moscow released some of them in September last year.
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