Ukraine now has US-supplied cluster munitions, Pentagon says

July 13, 2023
Ukraine now has US-supplied cluster munitions, Pentagon says
FILE PHOTO: 155mm Base Burn Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions (DPICM) rounds wait to be loaded in South Korea

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukraine has received U.S. cluster munitions, a senior Pentagon official said on Thursday.

The U.S. announced on July 7 it would send Kyiv cluster munitions as part of an $800-million security package intended to ensure Russian forces that invaded Ukraine nearly 17 months ago cannot halt a Ukrainian counteroffensive.

(Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by Chris Reese)

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