CNN —The United States is expected to announce a new military aid package for Ukraine on Friday that will include cluster munitions for the first time, defense officials have told CNN. Cluster munitions, also called cluster bombs, are canisters that carry tens to hundreds of smaller bomblets, also known as submunitions. The US has a stockpile of cluster munitions known as DPICMs, or dual-purpose improved conventional munitions, that it no longer uses after phasing them out in 2016. Yes, both the Ukrainians and the Russians have used cluster bombs since Moscow’s forces invaded in February 2022. “Any use of cluster munitions, anywhere, by anyone, must be condemned,” Carbonnier said.

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Persons: Joe Biden’s, Andre Luis Alves, maim, ” Gilles Carbonnier, ” Carbonnier Organizations: CNN, Anadolu Agency, International Committee, Coalition, Rights Watch, Cluster Munitions, Human Rights Watch, US Central Command Locations: United States, Ukraine, Avdiivka, Washington, Kyiv, Laos, Vietnam, Russia, Switzerland, Iraq