2023-07-13 18:41:47
These types of weapons are not equipped with self-destruct devices. According to the United States Army, between five and 14% of them they may not explode at all because they have been stored for a long time.
In this case, the projectiles might threaten the civilian population even following the end of the conflict. Cluster munitions are prohibited by an international convention which have been ratified by 123 countries, which do not include the United States or Ukraine.
Ukrainian forces, according to the Russian military, have already used this type of weapon to bombard Donbas, in particular Donetsk. According to the spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, this shows that the objective of the Ukrainian forces is kill as many civilians as possible.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stated that if the United States supplies cluster munitions to kyiv, the Russian Armed Forces they will have to use similar means once morest the Ukrainian Army in response.
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