The US military believes that cluster munitions (DPICM) would be useful to Ukraine during the conflict, but Washington cannot supply them due to a congressional ban, Laura Cooper, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia and Ukraine, said at a congressional hearing.
According to Reuters, Cooper stressed that “in terms of effectiveness on the battlefield, this would be useful.” “The reason you haven’t seen any forward movement in granting this capability is due both to existing Congressional restrictions on granting DPICM and concerns about Allied unity,” she said.
Earlier, Kyiv has repeatedly called on Washington to hand over cluster munitions to it, assuring that it will use them only in battles with Russian troops.
The United States, like Russia, Ukraine, and Turkey, has not signed the Cluster Munitions Convention, an international treaty that prohibits their use, transfer, and stockpiling. However, the U.S. is legally unable to export DPICM due to its “high defect rate”.
Source: Rosbalt
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