One military commander says they will not be used in populated areas.
Cluster munitions offered to Ukraine by the United States have now reached the Ukrainian frontline, the Pentagon announced on Thursday. However, local military commanders insist the controversial ammunition will not be deployed in densely populated areas.
Valeriy Serseny, a spokesman for the Ukrainian armed forces fighting in the southeast of the country, also confirmed receipt of cluster munitions, which are banned in more than 100 countries across the world but not prohibited for use by the United States, Ukraine or Russia.
Speaking to Ukrainian state television, Serseny said that although the ammunition had not yet been deployed. Ukraine claims that it will use the ammunition only to “drive out the occupiers” on its territory and will not use it in populated areas.