Russia threatening to use cluster weapons. Here are 12 times they already have
By
Logan Nye
Updated on
Jul 11, 2023
SUMMARY
Russia is protesting the American gift of cluster munitions to Ukraine despite the fact that Russia stands accused of using them itself.
Russia is big mad over the West supplying cluster munitions to Ukraine. It threatened to use its own cluster munitions if Ukraine deploys them in the war. Russia has a large stockpile of terrible cluster munitions, so Ukraine has to tread carefully. Otherwise, Russia might... Hold on. Let me check my notes, actually.
Oh, Russia first fired cluster munitions into Ukraine in 2014? And it has been doing so with much greater frequency since February 2022, the start of its wider invasion of Ukraine?
Look: Cluster munitions are, in general, terrible. They cause widespread devastation. Russian-made ones have high failure rates that turn them into indiscriminate landmines. When stolen or sold illegally, they are broken down into grenades for criminal use. There is actually a good argument for banning them from war.
https://www.wearethemighty.com/tactical/russia-protest-cluster-munitions-it-uses/
