Republican Representative from Arizona Paul Gosar confirmed that “the supply of US cluster munitions to Ukraine represents another step towards escalation, which indicates that the current administration does not want peace.”
Cluster munitions, which are banned by more than 120 countries, release large numbers of smaller bomblets to kill people over a large area indiscriminately.
Republican Representative from Arizona Paul Gosar confirmed that “the supply of US cluster munitions to Ukraine represents another step towards escalation, which indicates that the current administration does not want peace.”
“No one in President Joe Biden’s administration or in NATO is looking for peace,” Gusar told RIA Novosti agency, adding that “the long-awaited counterattack did not achieve anything for Ukraine, which faced a strong response from the Russian forces.”
Josar stated that “many are still dying,” denouncing the ongoing conflict and the US decision to transfer cluster munitions to Kiev, which “will lead to further escalation.” “I still call for peace talks,” he said.
Earlier today, the Russian embassy in Washington announced that “American calls to rid the world of the horrors of the use of lethal weapons were shattered by the decision to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions.”
She pointed out that “the US authorities simply did not care about the objections of human rights activists, and all reasonable people concerned about the possibility of massive civilian casualties.”
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This comes after the Pentagon announced, on Friday, that it would provide Ukraine with a new package of military aid, estimated at $800 million, including cluster munitions.
US President Joe Biden said, in an interview with CNN, that he had followed the Pentagon’s recommendation regarding supplying cluster munitions to Ukraine, and that “the decision was very difficult.”
For his part, a deputy in the Russian State Duma for Crimea, Sergey Chuikov, declared that “the use of American cluster bombs in Ukraine could cause mass death of the civilian population.”
The International Coalition to Ban Cluster Munitions, which seeks to ban this type of weapon, also expressed in a statement Saturday its shock at the US decision to deliver cluster munitions to Ukraine.
Cluster munitions, which are banned by more than 120 countries, usually release large numbers of smaller bomblets to kill people over a large area indiscriminately, threatening the lives of civilians.
Cluster munitions are dangerous because they scatter “bomblets” over large areas that may not explode on impact, but can pose a long-term danger to anyone who encounters them, much like landmines.
It is noteworthy that the United States had pledged to destroy its chemical weapons before 2007, but it continued to postpone the disposal of chemical weapons, and finally promised to complete the process of destroying its chemical weapons in 2023.
The Chemical Weapons Convention, which was agreed upon in 1993 and entered into force in 1997, gave the United States until September 30 of this year the deadline to destroy all chemical warfare weapons and munitions.
Other countries participating in the deal have already destroyed their stocks, according to Fernando Arias, head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, in May. Russia completely destroyed its chemical arsenal on September 27, 2017.
Read also: Germany: We oppose sending cluster munitions to Ukraine
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2023-07-08 19:08:18
