The United States has decided to send cluster munitions to Ukraine to help its military push back Russian forces entrenched along the front lines.
U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Friday defended the Biden administration’s plan to send them, saying, “We will not leave Ukraine defenceless.”
But the move will likely trigger outrage among humanitarian groups and criticism from NATO and European Union allies of Ukraine long opposed to the use of cluster bombs.
Here is a closer look at the issue.
What is a cluster munition?
A cluster munition is a bomb that opens in the air and releases smaller “bomblets” across a wide
