Why Ukraine needs American cluster bombs
They will help the counter-offensive. They are also controversial
Editor’s note: On July 7th, after this story was published, the Biden administration confirmed that it had decided to provide Ukraine with cluster munitions. The Pentagon said that it would not provide older variants with “dud rates” higher than 2.35%.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Bomblets away”
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