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Ukraine to receive cluster munitions from US
US plans to send controversial ammunition to Ukraine
The US is planning to send Ukraine a cluster munitions package to help in its counteroffensive against Russia, US media reports. Ukraine has been asking for the weapons for months amid an ammunition shortage. Cluster munitions - which are banned by more than 100 countries - are a class of weapon which contains multiple explosive bomblets called submunitions.
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(Photo: U.S. President Joe Biden arrives aboard Air Force One. CREDIT: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)
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