Devastating Cluster Munitions Will Yield More Russian and Ukrainian Deaths

But won’t get counteroffensive back on track

Ukrainian army from the 43rd Heavy Artillery Brigade fire the German howitzer Panzerhaubitze 2000, called Tina by the unit, near Bahmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Feb. 5, 2023. Marko Djurica/Reuters

Commentary

Since at least September 2022, Ukraine has been lobbying the United States to provide it with cluster munitions (CM), as its own stocks of Russian/Soviet CMs were becoming depleted.