"They will not be used on Russian territory...They will be used only in areas where Russian military forces are concentrated in order to break through enemy defences."
Cluster munitions typically release large numbers of smaller bomblets that can kill indiscriminately over a wide area.
Human Rights Watch says both Moscow and Kyiv have used cluster munitions.
Russia, Ukraine and the U.S. have not signed up to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which bans production, stockpiling, use and transfer of the weapons.
"I think cluster munitions will expand the capabilities of our troops."
Persons:
Igor Ovcharruck, Read, Valeryi, Sergei Shoigu, Shershen, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Oleskander Musiyenko, Musiyenko, Hanna Maliar, Anna Pruchnicka, Timothy Heritage, Ron Popeski, Michael Perry
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