‘We Do Not Support’: World Leaders Turn Against Biden for Giving Ukraine Cluster Munitions

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) U.S. President Joe Biden (2L) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) speak next to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (C), European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (3R) and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (2R) before a G-7 leaders' family photograph during a NATO summit at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels on March 24, 2022. Henry Nicholls/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Major U.S. allies responded negatively to Washington’s decision to include cluster munitions in a new, $800 million military aid package for Ukraine, with some citing the danger of such weapons to civilians while others pointed to international treaty violations.

On July 7, the United States announced that it will send such weapons to Kyiv.