US President Joe Biden has approved the provision of cluster munitions to Ukraine, the removal of which from the stocks of the US Ministry of Defense should be announced today, July 7.
The Washington Post writes about it.
"The move, which bypasses a US law banning the production, use or transfer of cluster munitions with a failure rate of more than 1%, comes amid concerns over delays in Kyiv's counteroffensive against entrenched Russian forces and a reduction in Western stockpiles of conventional artillery," it said. articles.
The decision came after months of internal administrative debate over whether to supply cluster munitions, which are banned in most countries around the world.
According to an unnamed White House official, Biden would bypass those restrictions and have Congress remove those munitions from stockpiles under a rarely used provision of the Foreign Assistance Act. It allows the president to grant aid regardless of spending or arms export restrictions if he determines it is in the vital national security interests of the United States.
