WASHINGTON: Ukraine has broadened a request for controversial cluster bombs from the United States to include a weapon that it wants to cannibalise to drop the anti-armour bomblets it contains on Russian forces from drones, according to two US lawmakers. Kyiv has urged members of Congress to press the Whit
WASHINGTON: Ukraine has broadened a request for controversial cluster bombs from the United States to include a weapon that it wants to cannibalise to drop the anti-armour bomblets it contains on Russian forces from drones, according to two US lawmakers.
Ukraine hopes cluster munitions will give it an edge in the grinding fight against Russian forces in eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian military believes these submunitions"have better armor-piercing capability" than the weapons it has been dropping from drones, said Smith, the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee.
The congressional aide, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Ukrainian officials also privately have been lobbying lawmakers in Washington to press for White House approval.CONTROVERSIAL WEAPONS Giving the Ukrainians"a banned weapon would undermine their moral authority in a way that Putin would exploit," said Tom Malinowski, a former congressman who served as the top State Department human rights official.
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