Multiple sources criticize the United States for providing cluster ammunition to Ukraine | US government | US
On the 7th local time, the US government announced an additional military support worth $800 million to Ukraine, which includes, for the first time, large lethal cluster ammunition classified as prohibited by US law. This decision has sparked opposition and criticism from multiple parties.
Russian officials: The United States is willing to use cluster ammunition to kill civilians and get involved in conflicts
Chairman of the Defense Committee of the Russian Federation Council, Bondalev
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The Chairman of the Defense Committee of the Russian Federation Council, Bondalev, said that the United States is running out of conventional ammunition. The use of cluster bombs is a "terrorist warfare method" that harms civilians.
Kosacev, Vice Chairman of the Russian Federal Council, said on social media that the United States would be involved in the Russia-Ukraine conflict at all costs, including killing civilians. The United States must bear full responsibility for all casualties caused by this terrible weapon in the future.
People from all walks of life in the United States: Providing cluster ammunition to Ukraine by the United States will harm a large number of civilians
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The decision of the US government to provide cluster ammunition to Ukraine, announced on the 7th, has also raised concerns and opposition among many domestic Americans.
Kansain, Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in the United States and former Marine Corps Colonel, stated that cluster ammunition has enormous power and a "dud rate" issue, which is bound to cause harm to civilians.
Former Marine Corps Colonel Mark Kansain: The problem with cluster ammunition is its "dud rate" because this type of ammunition drops a large amount of small ammunition, and based on where they are dropped, some small ammunition will not explode immediately. According to the terrain, the proportion of these duds is around 2%, which means that these duds will harm civilians.
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Democratic Senator Merkley of the United States stated that the decision to provide cluster ammunition to Ukraine was a serious mistake, and the US would have to pay an "unbearable moral and political price" for it.
Boyle, a law professor at the University of Illinois and a United Nations war crimes advisor, said that the US government's decision to provide cluster ammunition means that the US is escalating its use of "terrorist weapons.".
Former CIA counter-terrorism official Giraldi said that the US government's provision of cluster ammunition to Ukraine will not change the battlefield situation, but it will pose a danger to a large number of civilians; Most countries believe that the use of such weapons is equivalent to war crimes, similar to the use of gas or chemical weapons. This decision by the US government demonstrates the hypocrisy of the US side.
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News link | The US military used cluster ammunition in Iraq to cause massive damage
The United States has repeatedly used cluster ammunition in practical combat throughout history, showing the world the enormous destructive power of cluster bombs and triggering many international controversies and criticisms.
In April 2003, after the outbreak of the Iraq War, the United States faced Iraq with much lower military strength and dispatched 30 fighter jets to drop 150 cluster bombs, each containing 4000 small bombs. These 600000 bombs destroyed thousands of armored vehicles in Iraq and also killed thousands of Iraqi people, including both the Iraqi Defense Forces and civilians.
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After the war, many cluster bombs left behind in the bombed areas by the US military, posing infinite risks to the lives of the Iraqi people in the future. Until today, these security risks have not been completely eliminated.