Moscow will use its stockpile if Ukraine deploys the widely-banned munitions first, Putin said.

President Vladimir Putin said Russia had a “sufficient stockpile” of cluster bombs and reserved the right to use them if such munitions, the use of which he said he regarded as a crime, were deployed against Russian forces in Ukraine.

Ukraine said on Thursday it had received cluster bombs from the United States

  • SpaceBarEnglish
    36•1 year ago

    Both sides have been using them from the beginning. This is just a combination of Russian amplification and the actual news cycle.

    • @vimdieselEnglish
      0•1 year ago

      incorrect, the Ukrainians have not been using them but they will be using them pretty soon.