Rep. Barbara Lee is asking President Biden to reconsider his decision to send highly lethal – and controversial – cluster munitions to Ukraine as it carries out its counteroffensive, she told CNN.…
“Cluster bombs should never be used – that’s crossing the line,” Lee told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “Once you see what takes place – we know what takes place – in terms of cluster bombs being very dangerous to civilians.”
“They don’t always immediately explode. Children can step on them,” Lee stressed on “State of the Union.”Rep. Barbara Lee asked President Biden to reconsider his decision to send highly lethal cluster munitions to Ukraine as it carries out its counteroffensive against Russia.The White House announced it would be sending Ukraine the weapons on Friday after criticizing Russia’s use of them just last year.
Asked Sunday why Biden chose to send Kyiv cluster munitions as the war passed its 500-day mark, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told ABC News the move was meant to help Ukraine strengthen its ongoing counteroffensive, which “in some ways is not going as fast as [Ukrainian] President [Volodymyr] Zelensky would like.”
Cluster bombs release dozens of smaller explosive submunitions that spread mid-air to hit multiple targets.The danger in the submunitions which don’t always explode immediately and can cause damage long after they are deployed.“So we’re going to extend these additional artillery shells that have cluster bomblets in them to help bridge the gap as we ramp up production of normal 155mm artillery shells,” he said.
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