Pentagon: Russia’s victory in the war is worse than cluster bomb killings.
Asked about the humanitarian risks of using cluster munitions that Washington plans to provide to Kyiv, a senior Pentagon official said the worst thing for civilians in Ukraine would be for Russia to win the war.
On Friday (July 7th), America’s Deputy Secretary of Defense Colin Call, while acknowledging that the delivery of cluster munitions to Ukraine could cause civilian casualties, said that the fear of Russia’s success on the battlefield outweighs these concerns.
At a news conference, he defended the White House’s decision to approve a new $800 million military aid package to Ukraine, which includes cluster munitions.
Meanwhile, more than 100 countries have banned any use, transfer, production, and storage of these bombs based on the cluster munitions convention. The United States and Ukraine are not bound by this treaty.
According to Rasha Today, in response to the question of whether the Pentagon has assured its allies that these munitions will not cause too much damage to civilians, Colin Call said: “I am concerned about the humanitarian situation like everyone else, but the worst thing is for the civilians in Ukraine.” It is for Russia to win the war. Therefore, it is important that they do not (win).
US President Joe Biden said in an interview with CNN on Friday that sending cluster bombs to Ukraine was a “difficult decision” but “Kyiv needs these bombs”.
Analysts of the war in Ukraine say that one of the reasons why America decided to agree to send these bombs to Ukraine is that the conditions on the battlefield are not in Ukraine’s favor. Ukraine’s recent counter-attacks against Russian positions have not brought any significant achievements, and the Ukrainian army has lost a large number of tanks and armored vehicles that the West provided to this country in the battle with Russia, as reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense, more than 10 It has also lost thousands of human resources.
The US government’s decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine has been met with international criticism. Human Rights Watch said, “The transfer of these weapons to Ukraine will lead to the suffering of civilians for a long time.” The Coalition to Prohibit the Use of Cluster Munitions has called on all parties to the conflict in Ukraine to refrain from using the weapon because of the expected harm to civilians.
Amnesty International also declared: Joe Biden’s administration “must realize that any decision to allow the widespread use of cluster bombs in this war will lead to an expected result: more civilian casualties.”
The Russian ambassador in Washington has warned that the US decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine will lead humanity to a new world war.
