KYIV. UkraineGate . 10 . December .2022 | War News .
White House National Security Council Speaker John Kirby declined to confirm any specific request from Kyiv for cluster munitions. He noted that there are concerns about the use of such ammunition .
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“According to our own policy, we have concerns about the use of such ammunition,” Kirby said, refusing to confirm any specific request from Kiev.
Politico, citing its own sources, reports that the White House is not actively considering the issue. “It’s not a ‘no’, it’s not something that’s moving right now,” said a person familiar with the situation.
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Citing its own sources among Ukrainian and American officials, that Ukraine allegedly asked the United States to provide cluster munitions.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the Russians have been using them in attacks on civilian infrastructure.
Neither the United States nor Ukraine has signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which prohibits their use and production because of the potential risk to civilians. But the U.S. began gradually abandoning cluster munitions in 2016 because they contain hundreds of explosives that often remain unexploded.
Source: Ukrgate
