UN expert urges US not to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters A United Nations expert has urged the United States to reconsider its decision to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions, saying these could harm civilians even decades after the end of the conflict there, a letter published on Wednesday showed. The remains of cluster munitions container in the rebel-held area in Deraa, Syria, on […]
Essay: The atomic bomb shocked the world, but not enough to stop killing civilians
In an article first published on Religion News Service, BRIDGET MOIX, general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation in the US, says that as we mourn the devastation of the last world war, policymakers need to work to prevent the next one…
War reporter’s death prompts Russian outrage over Ukraine’s alleged use of cluster bombs; Odesa attacks continue
Reuters A Russian war reporter was killed and three were wounded in Ukraine on Saturday in what the defence ministry said was a Ukrainian attack using cluster munitions, prompting outrage from Moscow. In a separate incident, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle said one of its journalists, Yevgeny Shilko, had been wounded elsewhere in Ukraine in a […]
Ukraine receives cluster munitions, pledges limited use
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine has received cluster bombs from the United States, munitions banned in more than 100 countries, but has pledged to only use them to dislodge concentrations of enemy soldiers. Valeryi Shershen, a spokesman for the Tavria, or southern, military district on Thursday confirmed an announcement by his commander that the weapons had arrived […]
Tortured path to US decision to send Ukraine cluster munitions
Washington DC, USReuters After months of hand-wringing and just days before the July Fourth celebration of US independence, President Joe Biden’s national security team unanimously agreed to recommend he send cluster munitions to Ukraine in its war against Russia. Kyiv long had the controversial weapons at the top of its wish list but US officials […]
Biden meets King Charles III and PM Sunak, hails “rock solid” UK ties
London/Windsor, UKReuters US President Joe Biden made a whistle-stop trip to Britain on Monday, hailing the “rock-solid” friendship with Washington’s close ally before meeting King Charles for a discussion with the monarch and finance chiefs on tackling climate change. Biden’s visit to Britain kicked off a three-nation trip that will include the NATO summit in […]
Essay: There is no legal reason the US can’t supply cluster bombs to Ukraine – but that doesn’t justify Biden’s decision to do so
ROBERT GOLDMAN, a US-based scholar of the law of war, says – in an article first published on The Conversation – that while the weapons in themselves are not illegal, their usage can be…
Ukraine vows it won’t use cluster bombs in Russia
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine’s Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov welcomed a US decision to send cluster bombs to Kyiv, saying it would help to liberate Ukrainian territory but promised the munitions would not be used in Russia. The US announced on Friday it would supply Ukraine with widely banned cluster munitions for its counter-offensive against occupying Russian […]
US to send Ukraine cluster munitions, NATO makes membership pledge
Reuters The United States announced on Friday that it would supply Ukraine with widely banned cluster munitions for its counter-offensive against occupying Russian forces, and NATO’s leader said the military alliance would unite at a summit next week on how to bring Ukraine closer to joining. Rights groups and the United Nations secretary-general questioned Washington’s […]
US plans to send Ukraine cluster munitions – officials
Washington DC, USReuters The United States plans to send cluster munitions to Ukraine to help it battle Russian invaders, US officials said on Thursday, a move opposed by human rights groups but which would provide a powerful new element to Ukraine’s counter-offensive. A weapons aid package that includes cluster munitions fired by a 155 millimeter […]