Biden Admin Sending Cluster Munitions To Ukraine After Calling Their Use A ‘War Crime’
On Friday, President Biden’s Department of Defense announced that it would be sending additional military aid to Ukraine – including controversial cluster munitions, which are expected to lead to more civilian casualties. The dual-purpose improved conventional munitions (DPICMs), commonly known as cluster munitions, are “surface-to-surface warheads that explode and disperse multiple small munitions or bombs over wide areas — bringing more widespread destruction than single rounds. The rounds can be charges that penetrate armored vehicles, or they can shatter or fragment to be more dangerous for people,” NBC News explained. Human rights groups oppose the use of cluster munitions because