Russia: US will be responsible for children who died

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova made a written statement on the US decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine. Stating that US President Joe Biden “aimed to prolong the conflict in Ukraine to the last Ukrainian” with this decision, Zaharova suggested that civilians would be at risk whenever US weapons systems and NATO were handed over to Ukraine.

Noting that experience from the use of cluster munitions in the Middle East and other parts of the world shows that they can remain unexploded for a long time and can explode even after the conflict ends, Zaharova said: “Washington, by supplying munitions in cluster to Ukraine, in fact, will be complicit in mining the region, Russia and Ukraine, and will share full responsibility for those killed by the explosion, including children.” she used the phrases.

Arguing that the supply of cluster munitions to Ukraine is also “evidence of powerlessness and defenselessness in the face of the failure of the Ukrainian army’s counterattack”, Zakharova claimed that the weapon in question “would not in any way affect the course of Russia’s special army”. operation.”

WHAT HAPPENED?

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan stated that they would not leave Ukraine defenseless and announced that they would support cluster munitions.

Noting that they are aware of the risk of cluster munitions harming civilians, Sullivan stated that delivering cluster munitions to Ukraine was not an “easy decision”.

US President Joe Biden also called it a “very difficult decision” and said he had spoken with his allies and members of Congress on this issue. (AA)