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The Department of Defense is expected on Friday to announce that it is sending cluster munitions to Ukraine, after six months of agonizing over the controversial decision.

Pentagon spokesman U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder speaks during a media briefing

The US will send cluster munitions to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan confirmed on Friday, following months of debate within the Biden administration about whether to provide Kyiv with the controversial weapons banned by over 100 countries including key US allies.

Many U.S. allies have banned cluster munitions, but there is evidence that both Russia and Ukraine have used them on the battlefield.

Russian aircraft flew dangerously close to U.S. drones over Syria for the second day in a row.

A milestone in a century of modern warfare is about to be reached as the U.S. prepares to destroy the last of its declared chemical weapons stockpile.

The Biden administration has agreed to provide controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine that it says could help penetrate Russia's defensive lines.

The administration of US President Joe Biden is reportedly expected to announce that the Pentagon will send cluster munitions to Ukraine.

The United States appears poised to send cluster munitions to Ukraine to help its military push back Russian forces. The move will likely trigger outrage among humanitarian groups and criticism from NATO and European Union allies of Ukraine long opposed to the use of these bombs.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) signaled support Friday for President Biden’s expected decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine. “For Ukrainian forces to defeat Putin’s invasion, Ukraine needs at least equal access to the weapons Russia already uses against them, like cluster munitions,” he wrote on Twitter. “Providing this new capability is the right decision —…