Biden defends the need to deliver cluster bombs to Ukraine because “this war is about ammunition”

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July 9 () –

The president of the United States, Joe Biden, has defended this Sunday the decision to deliver cluster bombs to Ukraine because it is necessary for the war effort in Kiev and because “this war is about ammunition”.

“This is a war that is about ammunition and they are running out of that ammunition,” Biden said in an interview with broadcast this Sunday.

The United States approved on Friday the delivery of cluster bombs to Ukraine, an initiative widely criticized because this type of ammunition is prohibited by international treaties due to the damage it causes among the civilian population. So Biden defended the measure despite the fact that it was a “difficult decision.”

On the other hand, Biden has defended the integration of Ukraine into NATO, although he has qualified that this accession will not take place until the armed conflict with Russia ends.

“I don’t think there is unanimity in NATO to include Ukraine in the NATO family now, right now, in the middle of a war. For example, if it were to be done, we would be determined to defend every inch of NATO territory. It is a commitment that we have and that is inalienable. If the war continues, then we would all be at war. We would all be at war with Russia, if that were the case,” he argued.

The White House tenant has pointed out that he has spoken at length about the issue with the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, to whom he has assured that the United States will continue to support Ukraine with weapons and security just as it does with Israel.

“I think we have to build a rational path so that Ukraine can be suitable to enter NATO,” he pointed out, while recalling that even before the conflict he rejected Moscow’s demands to veto Ukraine’s entry into the Alliance because it has “an open door policy.”

“But I think it is premature to call a vote because there are other criteria to be met, such as democratization and other issues,” he added.

Next week the NATO leaders have met in Vilnius, Lithuania, in a key summit for both Ukraine and Sweden, a country that has applied to join the Alliance, but has not been able to materialize due to Turkey’s veto. In the interview with , Biden has expressed his optimism in this regard because Turkey is interested in modernizing its fleet of F-16 combat aircraft, just like Greece.