U.S. officials tell NPR that the Biden administration plans to send cluster bombs, or munitions, to Ukraine to target dug-in Russian forces. An announcement is expected tomorrow. <\/p>\n
The controversial weapons drop dozens of bomblets that human rights groups say endanger civilians. <\/p>\n
Ukraine and Russia are already using cluster munitions on the battlefield, but Ukraine is running low on ammunition and has pressed the U.S. to send such weapons. <\/p>\n
Officials say the cluster bombs will be effective against Russian forces in strong defensive positions as well as command and control headquarters. <\/p>\n
More than 100 countries ban such weapons because unexploded bomblets can be picked up by civilians, causing injury or death. Cluster bombs release a larger number of bomblets over a wide area, and they can continue to pose a deadly risk even long after the fighting has ceased. <\/p>\n
The U.S. has a large stockpile of cluster munitions and used them in both the Afghan and Iraq wars. <\/p>\n
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