More than 100 countries ban the use of these bombs under the Convention on Cluster Munitions due to their dismal civilian casualty record.
Several United States allies have expressed concern about the decision Joe Biden to send the more than controversial cluster bombs to Ukraine.
These are munitions designed to scatter or release small explosive charges intended to detonate before, during or after impact.
More than 100 countries, including Spain, France and Germany, ban the use of these bombs under the Cluster Munitions Convention sad record of civilian casualties. For their part, the USA, Russia and Ukraine are opposed to the ban.
The position of governments like Spain is clear, as the defense minister recalled during the election campaign. Daisy Robles:
“Spain, because of its firm commitment to Ukraine, is also a firm commitment that certain weapons and bombs must not be shipped under any circumstances.”
At the gates of the NATO summit
The German government also points out that although Ukraine is using this ammunition, it is doing so to protect its own civilian population. “We have to remember that Russia has already used large-scale cluster munitions in an illegal war of aggression against Ukraine,” he said. Steffen HebestreitGovernment spokesman.
The UK is another country opposed to the use of cluster bombs. your Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets with Biden in London this Monday ahead of the NATO summit.
Most likely, at this meeting, the US President will have to answer the allies why the United States is sending a gun to Ukraine more than two thirds of the members of the alliance They have banned its use.