Biden officially approved the decision to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine, which is another move by the United States to provide Ukraine with lethality, announced by Pentagon Undersecretary of State for Policy Karl. According to the global network, the White House also issued a relevant statement on the same day.
Cluster munitions, also known as "submunitions", are a type of mass destruction**, since World War II, many countries have used in wars, resulting in thousands of civilian deaths and injuries, until in recent years, the International Red Cross called for a ban on use, and then 132 countries signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions, but the United States, Russia and Ukraine are not among them.
The dangers of cluster munitions are obvious, in times of war, they significantly increase the risk to civilians, and even in peacetime, they leave behind a large number of unmarked "bullets", like landmines, which can take the lives of residents of the area at any time.
In modern warfare, all ** teams should abide by the basic rules of war, especially when choosing targets to strike, they should consider "avoiding unnecessary losses", but it is clear that Western countries have not done this, whether it is to supply Ukraine with depleted uranium shells or cluster munitions, which shows that they are indifferent to the life and death of civilians in the war zone.
Although all industries are developing in the direction of precision guidance, the major industrial powers and exporters still have not stopped producing cluster munitions, especially the United States.
In Putin's words, this is a war related to the survival of Russia, and the same is true for Western countries, the United States does not hesitate to use any means in order to win the final contest, and does not care about letting Ukraine ** do its "last drop of blood".
For this purpose, the United States ** Biden is showing a dilemma, saying that it is a "difficult decision" to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine, but the Ukrainian army does need this kind of **, and the United States has not signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions, this decision was made on the basis of professional advice from the Pentagon.
Biden also defended that the supply of cluster munitions to Ukraine is only temporary and will be stopped when the production capacity of large-caliber howitzer shells in the United States increases significantly, but in the current situation, this decision is necessary.
For the "generous assistance" of the United States, Ukrainian Zelensky expressed his gratitude and praised that "the key decision of the American people will help Ukraine win".
Ironically, Russia has not signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions, but at the beginning of the Ukrainian crisis, the United States **had warned the Russian army not to use unconventional **, including cluster munitions**, otherwise it would constitute a "war crime", and a year later, the double standards of the United States were exposed when the Ukrainian army had not made a breakthrough in **.
In response, the Russian ambassador to the United States, Antonov, said that the United States made this decision to mean that they have admitted their defeat on the battlefield, and that taking such extreme and crazy actions is just a "desperate attempt", which has crossed all boundaries and increased the risk of the crisis escalating into a world war.
The deputy spokesman of the UN Secretary-General, Haq, also issued a statement, saying that the Secretary-General believes that the commitments of the Convention on Cluster Munitions should be respected and opposes the use of cluster munitions on the battlefield in Ukraine.
But the opposition of the United Nations is clearly not binding on the United States, and in the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kosovo, the military operations of the United States and its allies have caused tens of thousands of civilian deaths, and the Convention on Cluster Munitions does not limit this war machine, and it does not even have a moral burden on the United States.
Of course, Russia also has its own response, and in addition to its reaction on the battlefield, Russia has once again taken austerity measures on energy.
Previously, "OPEC+" has repeatedly announced ** production cuts, which is undoubtedly a huge blow to the United States, as we all know, the United States is still in a serious inflation crisis, oil *** will undoubtedly exacerbate the economic pressure on the United States, while effectively offsetting the economic sanctions of Western countries against Russia, which is obviously not what the United States is happy to see.
Although the Ukrainian army launched a large-scale ** on all fronts, but the effect was not good, the United States' military aid this time may be a reminder that the Ukrainian army should refuel, but judging from Russia's reaction, the United States' move does not seem to have much impact on the war situation, and Russia can still take a variety of countermeasures.