The use of cluster bombs has been banned in 100+ countries.
Russia, the United States and Ukraine are not part of this ban.
Joe Biden defends ‘difficult decision’ to send cluster munitions to Ukraine
8 Jul 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/07/joe-biden-military-aid-ukraine-war-cluster-bombs-human-rights-groups
Joe Biden has defended the “difficult decision” to send widely banned cluster munitions to Ukraine, after he was condemned by human rights groups and a fellow Democrat said it was “unnecessary and a terrible mistake”.
Cluster munitions are prohibited by more than 100 countries. They typically scatter numerous smaller bomblets over a wide area, sometimes as big as a football pitch, and can kill indiscriminately. Those that fail to explode threaten civilians, especially children, for decades after a conflict ends.
Most US allies – including Britain, Germany and France – signed on to the UN’s convention on cluster munitions in 2008. The US, Russia and Ukraine never signed the treaty, insisting there were circumstances in which use of the weapons was necessary.
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July 8, 2023
RFK Jr. blasts Biden for sending cluster bombs to Ukraine, a year after Psaki said it could 'be a war crime'
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rfk-jr-blasts-biden-sending-cluster-bombs-ukraine-year-psaki-said-could-war-crime
"Last year, WH Press Secretary Jen Psaki called the use of cluster bombs a 'war crime.' Now President Biden plans to send them to Ukraine. Stop the ceaseless escalation! It is time for peace," Kennedy wrote in a tweet.
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