Cluster munitions will be a “game-changer” for Ukrainian efforts to end the Russian invasion. At least, that’s what the Ukrainian Minister of Defense said on Tuesday.
The news was not received as well in Russia. That same day, Russian Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu threatened to use their own cluster munitions against Ukraine, claiming that they had refrained from using them so far.
“Russia, realizing the threat that such ammunition poses to the civilian population, has refrained and is refraining from using them in a special operation” the minister said on Tuesday. “If the United States supplies cluster munitions to Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces will be forced to use similar weapons against the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a response.”