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Ukrainian channel Strana:

What are the cluster munitions that the US can transfer to Ukraine today? What will they change on the battlefield and why are human rights activists opposing them?

These are shells, rockets or bombs. They consist of containers that open in the air and scatter many small caliber bombs over a wide area.

The main purpose of these submunitions is to destroy multiple military targets. For example, infantry formations.

But there are many complaints about this weapon in the world - it carries increased threats to the civilian population and infrastructure.

As practice has shown, from 10% to 40% of submunitions do not explode. This leads to the fact that entire regions are flooded with tens of thousands, and sometimes millions of unexploded mini-bombs that can detonate at any moment.

This is a direct threat to civilians who are returning to their homes after the end of hostilities. In territories "sown" with cluster bombs, it is sometimes impossible to live and engage in agriculture for decades.

In this context, the Pentagon stated that they would transfer to Ukraine only those "cassettes" that showed a high percentage of operation during tests.

In addition, these charges pose a great threat to civilians and civilian infrastructure when used in populated areas.

Actually, therefore, international human rights activists urge the United States not to transfer these shells.

At the same time, military considerations are quite obvious, according to which the Ukrainian Armed Forces want to transfer cluster munitions. They will allow you to inflict serious damage on Russian troops. Especially those who are in a tight defense - as, for example, on the Zaporozhye front. And also in those areas where the Russians are trying to attack.

However, Russia also has large arsenals of cluster charges (and Ukraine has already accused the Russian Federation of using them). Considering that the Russians also repulse the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the south mainly with artillery, the enemy may also begin to use "cassettes" more often.

Another effect of the supply of these weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is the reduction of shell hunger. The Western Allies are running short of conventional 155mm munitions, reserves of which have already been spent on deliveries to Ukraine, and production has not kept up with the consumption of shells at the front. If the Americans "unpack" their stocks of "cassettes", then this will increase the overall supply of ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

This plausible logic is confirmed by the fact that it is cluster-filled cannon shells that stand out - despite the fact that the United States has many other varieties of such ammunition - for example, bombs dropped from drones, which Ukraine requested back in March.

However, from the point of view of influencing the situation at the front, for cluster munitions (as well as for other types of supplied weapons), the fundamental point is the volume of deliveries. It depends on how often and everywhere the Ukrainian army will use this ammunition. Especially considering that the Russians, as mentioned above, also have "cassettes".

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