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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Us to give ukraine widely banned cluster munitions despite fears | Mind Blowing Facts

The US, Russia and Ukraine have not signed on to the Convention on Cluster Munitions [File: PH3 Thurston/US Navy/US National Archives via Reuters]

Washington, DC – The United States has authorised the transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine against the objections of rights advocates who have been calling for a ban on the weapons, which they say endanger civilians.

The administration of President Joe Biden confirmed the move on Friday, arguing that US-made cluster bombs are safer than the ones Russia is already using in the conflict. The transfer comes as Ukraine pushes on with a counteroffensive against Russian troops in the east of the country.

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