A cluster munition is a bomb that opens in the air and releases smaller “bomblets” across a wide area. The bomblets are designed to take out tanks and ...
U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan made the case to reporters for the aid, despite opposition from human rights groups, the UN Secretary-General, ...
The additional assistance comes as Ukraine pushes to recapture territory seized by Russia. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told ABC News the counteroffensive was ...
The White House defends the move, while acknowledging that such unexploded ordnance can harm civilians.
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin H. Kahl briefs the media in the Pentagon Briefing Room.
President Joe Biden acknowledged it took some time to be convinced to provide the controversial weapons, but he stressed the importance of supporting Ukraine's ...
President Joe Biden told CNN's Fareed Zakaria Friday that it was a “difficult decision” to provide Ukraine with cluster munitions for the first time, ...
The Government of Canada is hammering down on its stance against the use of cluster munitions following the U.S. decision to send the controversial weapon ...
U.S. officials maintained Friday that Ukraine has provided written assurances to minimize civilian casualties with the use of the controversial munitions.
WASHINGTON— 19 members of the House of Representatives issued the following statement on the White House's decision to transfer cluster munitions to Ukraine ...
With Ukraine burning through stockpiles of conventional artillery, President Biden concluded that he had little choice but to provide the weapons.
Just days before jetting to Europe for next week's NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, President Joe Biden has approved the shipment of US cluster munitions ...
Children make up a large number of victims, as they are 'particularly attracted to the shape, size and colour' of bombs that can land but not explode until ...
The UK is one of 123 countries which bans the weapons but will continue to support Ukraine, PM says.
US decision to send the weapons has raised humanitarian concerns. BELGIUM-NATO-DEFENCE-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT.
In response, the UK, Canada and Spain all pointed out that they were opposed to the use of the weapons. Cluster bombs have been banned by more than 100 ...
Activists and international delegations stand next to cluster bomb units, during a visit to a Lebanese military base at the opening of the Second Meeting of ...
A Ukrainian policeman of a special police unit fires a D-30 cannon toward Russian positions at the front line, near Kreminna, Luhansk region, Ukraine, July 7, ...