{"id":1961394,"date":"2023-06-30T12:18:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T16:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/united-states-considers-sending-bigger-bombs-to-ukraine-as-counter-offensive-stalls\/"},"modified":"2023-06-30T12:19:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T16:19:27","slug":"united-states-considers-sending-bigger-bombs-to-ukraine-as-counter-offensive-stalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/united-states-considers-sending-bigger-bombs-to-ukraine-as-counter-offensive-stalls\/","title":{"rendered":"US mulls sending larger bombs to Ukraine amid stalled counter-offensive."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funited-states-considers-sending-bigger-bombs-to-ukraine-as-counter-offensive-stalls%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1961394&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<h2>AP Photo<\/h2>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>U.S. officials are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/06\/29\/cluster-munitions-for-ukraine-under-active-consideration-by-u-s-00104346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">growing closer<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/united-states-considers-sending-bigger-bombs-to-ukraine-as-counter-offensive-stalls\/\" title=\"US mulls sending larger bombs to Ukraine amid stalled counter-offensive.\">sending cluster bombs<\/a> to Ukrainian defense forces to be used against the invading Russians.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defend SCOTUS Ads<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defend SCOTUS Ads<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cluster bombs are explosive munitions that also deploy smaller explosives after being fired. Officials are reportedly closer to approving the transfer of the munitions now than they have been at any other point during the war. The move toward providing Ukraine with more advanced weapons comes as the nation\u2019s counter-offensive into Russia has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rand.org\/blog\/2023\/06\/how-might-ukraines-counteroffensive-end-and-what-comes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stalled<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers have come out in support of supplying Ukraine with the bombs. Rep. Michael McCaul (R., Texas) has stated that the munitions could be effective at destroying the fortified Russian positions that have been proving troublesome for Ukraine. Congressional Democrats fall on the other side of the issue. Per a letter obtained by <em>Politico<\/em>, more than a dozen Senate Democrats have called on President Joe Biden to block any transfer of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cluster-bomb-kills-ukrainian-child-and-two-others-at-kindergarten-amnesty-international-says\/\" title=\"Cluster Bomb Kills Ukrainian Child and Two Others at Kindergarten, Amnesty International Says\">cluster munitions<\/a> to Ukraine. The Democrats argue that the potential humanitarian costs of using such bombs outweigh the strategic utility they provide.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defend SCOTUS Ads<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defend SCOTUS Ads<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sixty-five percent of Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/most-americans-support-us-arming-ukraine-reutersipsos-2023-06-28\/#:~:text=The%20poll%20found%20that%2076,%2C%20our%20allies%20and%20ourselves.%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">support<\/a> shipping arms to Ukraine, per a recent Reuters poll, up from the 46 percent recorded in a poll conducted in May. The same poll found that Americans are also more likely to support a political candidate who is in favor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-freezes-sending-military-aid-package-to-ukraine-included-lethal-weapons-report\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Freezes Sending Military Aid Package To Ukraine, Included Lethal Weapons: Report\">sending military aid<\/a> to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>If received, Ukraine would likely be able to rapidly deploy the munitions. The United States has sent Ukraine High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and 155mm Howitzers, which can be used to launch cluster bombs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. officials are nearing approval to send cluster bombs to Ukrainian defense forces for use against invading Russians. These explosive munitions release smaller explosives upon firing. The transfer of these munitions is reportedly closer to approval than ever before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":1961395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1961394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1961394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1961395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1961394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1961394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1961394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}