Cluster munitions could boost Ukraine's counteroffensive to reclaim territory seized since Russia invaded in February 2022.
Cluster munitions typically release large numbers of smaller bomblets that can kill indiscriminately over a wide area.
Germany is one of 111 states party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, a pact that does not include the United States.
Biden waived prohibitions around the munitions, just as his predecessor Donald Trump did in 2021 to allow the export of cluster munitions technology to South Korea.
'VERY SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION'Ukraine previously had urged U.S. lawmakers to press the Biden administration to approve sending cluster munitions.
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