The United States confirms, that Ukraine received cluster munitions and is already using it against the Russian army. This was stated by the coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council, John Kirby..
Kirby speaks at another press briefing at the White House, where he answered a number of questions regarding Ukraine, including cluster munitions. A Biden administration official confirmed, that the Ukrainian army has been using special shells transferred by the Americans for already a week, and “very efficient”. The Pentagon receives daily reports from Kyiv on the use of shells.
We got them there as quickly as possible. (…) They've been on the battlefield since last week or so. We receive feedback from Ukrainians, they use them quite efficiently and appropriately- Kirby stated.
Confirm the use of cluster shells of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Ukrainian resources, according to available information, they are most actively used in the Zaporozhye direction, on the flanks of Bakhmut, as well as in the Kupyansk direction in an attempt to stop the offensive of the Russian army. highlights, that the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not impose any restrictions on their use, commanders of units in the field make decisions on cluster munition strikes themselves.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced a mirror response in the event that Ukraine uses cluster munitions. maybe, that the command for this has already arrived and ours began to beat back. I think, that no one will officially announce it, nor Kyiv, nor Moscow.
