Zelenskyy: Sending cluster munitions to Ukraine is a matter of justice

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is convinced that the US’s supply of cluster munitions to Ukraine is a restoration of justice in response to Russia’s shelling of Ukraine using similar projectiles.

Source: the president's speech at the joint press conference held by Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Jens Stoltenberg

Quote from Zelenskyy: "Russia constantly uses cluster munitions on our territory. It is fighting solely on our land. It is killing our people.

And the help that we can get from the United States of America regarding the decision on cluster missiles is to be used purely for military purposes, purely on the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine."

Details: Zelenskyy gave assurances that the use of cluster munitions will be controlled. "This is about justice; we are defending ourselves without using the corresponding weapons on the territory of other states," the president said.

Background: 

• The US previously announced a new military aid package to Ukraine which includes dual-purpose improved conventional munitions (DPICMs), or cluster munitions.
• Washington does not believe that the decision to provide Ukraine with cluster munitions will cause a split among NATO member states.

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