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July 13 () –
The commander of the Tavria Joint Forces Operation, Oleksander Tarnavski, has confirmed that the Ukrainian Army has already received the cluster bombs promised last week by the United States Administration.
Tarnavski, a high-ranking soldier from an area near Melitopol (South), has clarified to that the Armed Forces have not yet made use of such ammunition, although he has acknowledged that they can “radically change” the course of the war.
“The enemy also understands that by obtaining this ammunition, we will have an advantage. The enemy will cede that part of the land where it is possible to use this,” said Commander Tarnavski, who added that the areas where these are used will depend on superior leadership. new ammunition.
When the United States confirmed that it would send these cluster bombs to Ukraine, it assured that it had received a commitment from Kiev that they would not be used in areas with the presence of civilians, and that their use would eventually occur in demining operations.
This supply has aroused criticism not only from Russia, which accuses the United States of committing a war crime and has threatened to also use cluster bombs, but also from US allies such as Canada and the United Kingdom.
