Kyiv: ukrainedefense minister of Oleksiy Reznikov US decision to send cluster bombs welcomed Kyivsaying that it will help in salvation Ukrainian area but promised that war material would not be used Russia,
The US announced on Friday that it would supply widely banned cluster munitions to Ukraine in retaliation against the occupying Russian forces.
Reznikov said the munitions would help save the lives of Ukrainian soldiers, adding that Ukraine would keep strict records of their use and exchange information with its allies. “Our position is simple – we need to liberate our temporarily occupied territories and save the lives of our people.” Reznikov wrote on twitter.
“Ukraine will only use these weapons to repel occupation of our internationally recognized territories. These weapons will not be used on Russia’s officially recognized territory.”
Cluster munitions is banned by over 100 countries. They usually release a large number of small bombs that can kill indiscriminately over a wide area. Those that fail to explode remain a threat for decades.
Moscow again criticized the US decision on Saturday, calling it another “serious” example of Washington’s “anti-Russian” course. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, “Another ‘wonder weapon’, which Washington and Kiev are counting on without considering its serious consequences, will not in any way affect the course of the special military operation, whose goals And the objectives will be fully achieved.” said in a statement.
Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser to US President Joe Biden, on Friday sought to make the case for providing weapons to Ukraine in February 2022 to reclaim territory it has seized since Russia’s invasion. , Sullivan told reporters. “But if Russian troops and tanks take over Ukrainian positions and occupy more Ukrainian territory and subjugate more Ukrainian civilians, there is an even greater risk of civilian casualties because Ukraine has enough No artillery.”
Reznikov stated that the army would not use cluster munitions in urban areas and would only use them “to break through the enemy’s defense lines”.
Russia, Ukraine and the United States have not signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which bans the production, stockpiling, use and transfer of weapons.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, returning home from a trip to Turkey, brought with him five commanders of the former Ukrainian garrison in Mariupol, who were forced to remain in Turkey last year under the terms of a prisoner exchange.
The commanders, hailed as heroes in Ukraine, led the defense of the port last year after Russia captured the biggest city in its offensive. Thousands of civilians were killed inside Mariupol when the Russian army razed the city during a three-month siege. Ukrainian defenders, who had been hiding in tunnels and bunkers under a steel plant, were finally ordered by Kiev to surrender in May last year. Moscow freed some of them in September last year.
The US announced on Friday that it would supply widely banned cluster munitions to Ukraine in retaliation against the occupying Russian forces.
Reznikov said the munitions would help save the lives of Ukrainian soldiers, adding that Ukraine would keep strict records of their use and exchange information with its allies. “Our position is simple – we need to liberate our temporarily occupied territories and save the lives of our people.” Reznikov wrote on twitter.
“Ukraine will only use these weapons to repel occupation of our internationally recognized territories. These weapons will not be used on Russia’s officially recognized territory.”
Cluster munitions is banned by over 100 countries. They usually release a large number of small bombs that can kill indiscriminately over a wide area. Those that fail to explode remain a threat for decades.
Moscow again criticized the US decision on Saturday, calling it another “serious” example of Washington’s “anti-Russian” course. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, “Another ‘wonder weapon’, which Washington and Kiev are counting on without considering its serious consequences, will not in any way affect the course of the special military operation, whose goals And the objectives will be fully achieved.” said in a statement.
Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser to US President Joe Biden, on Friday sought to make the case for providing weapons to Ukraine in February 2022 to reclaim territory it has seized since Russia’s invasion. , Sullivan told reporters. “But if Russian troops and tanks take over Ukrainian positions and occupy more Ukrainian territory and subjugate more Ukrainian civilians, there is an even greater risk of civilian casualties because Ukraine has enough No artillery.”
Reznikov stated that the army would not use cluster munitions in urban areas and would only use them “to break through the enemy’s defense lines”.
Russia, Ukraine and the United States have not signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which bans the production, stockpiling, use and transfer of weapons.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, returning home from a trip to Turkey, brought with him five commanders of the former Ukrainian garrison in Mariupol, who were forced to remain in Turkey last year under the terms of a prisoner exchange.
The commanders, hailed as heroes in Ukraine, led the defense of the port last year after Russia captured the biggest city in its offensive. Thousands of civilians were killed inside Mariupol when the Russian army razed the city during a three-month siege. Ukrainian defenders, who had been hiding in tunnels and bunkers under a steel plant, were finally ordered by Kiev to surrender in May last year. Moscow freed some of them in September last year.