next to the war in Ukraine the White
House says U.S supplied cluster bombs
are already being used as part of the
offensive against Russia and appear to
be having an impact the President Joe
Biden announced the supply after Ukraine
warned that it was running out of
ammunition during its summer
counter-offensive on North America
correspondent Peter Bose has more
well this is the first indication that
we've had that these cluster bombs
provided by the United States for
Ukraine have actually been deployed in
the battlefield with John Kirby the
National Security spokesman saying that
they were being used appropriately and
that he'd heard from the ukrainians that
they were being used quite efficiently
now of course this is surrounded by a
huge amount of controversy because these
bombs are seen as potentially very
dangerous for months indeed years ahead
if they don't explode more than 100
countries have banned their use and this
is largely because of what are known as
the sub Munitions or bomblets that they
contain inside if they are not detonated
if they don't explode immediately they
could be extremely dangerous if they
well for example come into contact with
civilians who could be severely injured
or they indeed could cause death at a
future date so that's why the
controversial criticized by human rights
groups indeed criticized by European
partners of the the United States in
this conflict between Ukraine and Russia
the stated aim of the ukrainians when
they requested these cluster bombs some
time ago was as part of the summer
offensive to dislodge concentrations of
Russian soldiers and we're hearing from
John Kirby that they are in fact being
to some extent successful in that goal
clearly there is a long way to go it is
relatively early days to determine
whether they are going to have a major
impact on this conflict but for the time
being it seems yes they are being
deployed in the battlefield and used in
the way that the U.S anticipated
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