Page 28 - Cluster Munition News Today

Cluster bombs are uniquely sinister weapons, designed to spew shrapnel from dozens of smaller grenade-like bombs across large areas.

Russia has a stockpile of cluster munitions and will consider using them against Ukraine “if they are used against us,” President Vladimir Putin said.

Russian media said the attack was a cluster munitions strike as it claimed more than one explosion was registered at the same time.

Cluster munitions. in an interview published today, he said russia has a significant supply of their own, and they reserve the right to respond in kind. he also said that using cluster bombs is illegal. i mean does that even pass the laugh test? >> no, because when you look at events like last year in kramatorsk, the attack on the train station, that attack was done by a cluster munition. there were at least five other attacks in the first two months of the war using cluster munitions that the r...

U.S. officials and military analysts say the weapons, which are banned by many countries, will ease Ukraine’s artillery ammunition shortage but may not have an immediate impact in the war.

G.O.P. leaders acceded to the demands of ultraconservatives to use the annual defense policy bill to lodge cultural grievances and protest continued U.S. support for Ukraine.

The bombs, which open midair to deploy scores of smaller bomblets – are banned in 120 countries, but not in the US, Ukraine or Russia

Thank you. >> thank you so much. >> president zelenskyy, how soon after the war would you like to be in nato? how soon after the war would you like to join nato? >> an hour and 20 minutes. you guys ask really insightful questions. >> all right, guys, time to get out. >> i was hoping we might get a little bit more there, but now theyre going to have their private one-on-one. perhaps well hear more from them on the back said of that meeting. lets bring in monica alba in lithuania, kelly cobiella i...

Know, we understand your support because when you give such messages and when you gave sometimes some weapons -- im sorry, but i want to say like i said during our meeting, our council that it very simple to criticize, for example, cluster munition, which you made difficult political decision, but you have to know that russia used such weapons from the first days not only full scare war from first days of occupation of crimea from 2015 in all of our territories. in donbas they used it and now th...

MailOnline takes a closer look at the controversial weapons, including how theyre deployed and where theyre banned.