{"id":1978617,"date":"2023-07-20T15:13:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T19:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-utilizing-us-provided-cluster-munitions-in-battle\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T15:15:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T19:15:42","slug":"ukraine-utilizing-us-provided-cluster-munitions-in-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-utilizing-us-provided-cluster-munitions-in-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine employs US-supplied cluster munitions in combat."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Fukraine-utilizing-us-provided-cluster-munitions-in-battle%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=1978617&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--><h2>Ukraine Begins Using Controversial Munitions Provided by the United States<\/h2>\n<p>Ukraine has recently started utilizing\u2063 the controversial munitions supplied by the \u200dUnited States, according\u200c to a confirmation from an administration official on Thursday.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Cluster munitions, a \u200bspecific type of\u200d munition that has been \u200bbanned by over 100 countries due to \u2063the risks \u2064they pose to civilians, were agreed upon by President Joe Biden earlier this month. However, the U.S., Ukraine, and Russia are not part of this ban, allowing them\u200c to use, produce, transfer, and stockpile \u200bthese munitions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>White House National Security Council coordinator John Kirby\u2063 revealed that Ukraine has \u2064already begun using the munitions and \u200chas provided\u200c some initial feedback on their effectiveness.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We have received some\u200c initial feedback\u200b from the Ukrainians, and they are using them quite effectively,&#8221; he stated. &#8220;They are\u200c using them appropriately and\u2064 having a significant impact on Russia&#8217;s defensive formations and maneuvering, all \u2063while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-utilizing-us-provided-cluster-munitions-in-battle\/\" title=\"Ukraine employs US-supplied <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> in combat.&#8221;>maintaining \u2064operational security<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden agreed to\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-to-send-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine\/\" title=\"US to provide Ukraine with cluster munitions.\">provide cluster munitions<\/a> to Ukraine \u2063on July 7, and the Department of Defense confirmed their arrival in the country on July 13.<\/p>\n<p>The munitions consist of multiple submunitions that detonate \u2063near the target, dispersing over a larger area. However, the unexploded submunitions can pose \u200ba threat to civilians, potentially for years\u200c after a conflict ends.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. initially declined to\u200c provide\u2062 Ukraine with \u200bcluster munitions due to the associated risks. \u2064However, \u200cthe use of these \u200dweapons by Russia and the U.S.&#8217;s\u200c dwindling stockpiles prompted a change in their \u200bcalculations.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. defense\u200c officials\u200b revealed that the \u2063cluster munitions used by Russia in Ukraine have a dud \u200drate between \u200b30% and 40%, while the munitions provided by the U.S. have a dud\u200c rate below 2.35%.\u200d Additionally, the \u2063U.S. has allocated $95 million for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-white-house-holds-press-briefing-with-national-security-adviser-jake-sullivan\/\" title=\"LIVE: White House press briefing featuring national security adviser Jake Sullivan.\">de-mining efforts<\/a> in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>In the days\u2064 following the policy reversal, Biden \u200cacknowledged the low supply of munitions available for Ukraine, \u200bwhile a \u2064defense official \u2063stated \u200cthat the U.S. had &#8220;hundreds of thousands&#8221; in stock. Secretary of State\u2062 Antony Blinken emphasized that withholding \u2064cluster munitions from Ukraine would leave them defenseless.<\/p>\n<p>Although most NATO countries are\u2063 part of the treaty against the use of \u2064cluster munitions, some have expressed\u2064 disagreement with\u2063 Biden&#8217;s \u2062decision to provide these weapons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine has started employing the contentious munitions supplied by the US, as confirmed by an official. These cluster munitions, agreed upon by President Joe Biden recently, are a particular type of weapon that poses significant dangers to civilians. Surprisingly, over 100 countries, including the US, Ukraine, and Russia, are not among those opposing their use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1978618,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1978617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1978617","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1978617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1978618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1978617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1978617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1978617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}