Ukraina har frågat USA om de kan få deras
klusterammunition, för att sätta in mot ryska soldater.
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Biden administration weighs Ukrainian requests for access to US stockpile of controversial cluster munitions
Ukrainian officials and lawmakers have in recent months urged the Biden administration and members of Congress to provide the Ukrainian military with cluster munition warheads.
The Ukrainian request for the cluster munitions is one of the most controversial requests the Ukrainians have made to the US since the war began in February. Senior Biden administration officials have been fielding this request for months and have not rejected it outright.
Enligt Ukraina kan de bekämpa ryska trupper mer effektivt med klusterammunition:
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The first Ukrainian official and another source familiar with the requests said the Ukrainians want cluster munitions compatible with both the US-provided HIMARS rocket launchers and the 155 mm howitzers, and have argued that the munitions would allow Ukrainian troops to more effectively attack larger, more dispersed targets like concentrations of Russian soldiers and vehicles.
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“They [DPICMs] are more effective when you have a concentration of Russian forces,” the Ukrainian official told CNN, noting that Ukraine has been asking for the weapons “for many months.”
Kriget tar slut snabbare då, anser en Ukrainare som blir intervjuad av CNN:
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“It is extremely important, first of all because it will really change the situation on the battlefield,” he told CNN. “With these, Ukraine will finish this war much faster, to the benefit of everybody.”
De menar också att Ryssland redan använder klusterammunition i stor skala mot Ukrainska mål.
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“Russians use all these cluster munitions, they don’t care.”
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Russia’s use of the munitions – including its 300mm Smerch cluster rockets that can unleash 72 submunitions over an area the size of a football pitch – has been documented in dozens of Ukrainian regions, including in Kharkiv, as CNN has reported.
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Ukrainian officials, however, argue that the Russians are using cluster munitions extensively, and largely in civilian areas.
Ukraina har också använt klusterammunition i kriget mot Ryssland, men i begränsad skala. De har inte så mycket sådan ammunition. Därför har de frågat om USA kan förse dem med det. USA har ju stora förråd av klusterammunition som inte används till något i dagsläget.
USA är tveksam till att ge klusterammunition till Ukraina, men de funderar på saken.
Artikeln:
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/07/politics/ukraine-cluster-munitions-us-war-russia/index.html