Russia-Ukraine war updates: US to provide cluster bombs to Kyiv

The statement follows an announcement by Kyiv saying it would welcome receiving cluster munitions from the US.

Ukraine shelling
A man walks past an unexploded tail section of a 300mm rocket which appear to contained cluster bombs launched from a BM-30 Smerch multiple rocket launcher embedded in the ground after shelling in Lysychansk, Lugansk region on April 11, 2022 [File: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP]
By Edna Mohamed, Umut Uras and Dalia Hatuqa
Published On 7 Jul 2023

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