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The United States is expected to announce a new military aid package for Ukraine on Friday that will include cluster munitions for the first time, defense officials have told CNN.

Over 100 countries—not including the U.S., Russia or Ukraine—have banned cluster munitions since 2008.

Ukraine is seeking cluster munitions, which are known to cause grievous injuries to civilians, as its ammunition supply runs low.

The war between Ukraine and Russia continues to rage on, and the United States continues to stand by Ukraine's side.

The United States is expected to announce a new military aid package for Ukraine on Friday that will include cluster munitions for the first time, defense officials have told CNN.

The US is expected to send Kyiv more cluster bombs on Friday. These munitions are decades old, scatter over a wide area and could remain deadly for years, claims the NGO.

The US has decided to send controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine in aid of its counteroffensive against Russian forces.

Weapon systems, likely spent tens of millions of submunitions or bomblets across ukraine. we are working to ukraine to run enema —— minimise the risk. ukraine government has offered us use of dpicm, including they will not use the rounds in civilian populated urban environments and they will record where they use these rounds. ukraine also has committed to post—conflict de—mining efforts to mitigate any potential harm to civilians. the united states has already invested more than $95 mil...

Biden administration confirms it has approved providing Ukraine with weapons opposed by human rights groups

Joe Biden faces backlash from organizations and from within his own party for greenlighting transfer of the weapons