Pentagon: US sending cluster bombs because counteroffensive going ‘slower than hoped’

The United States has made the decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine as part of its latest weapons aid package, citing the slow progress of Ukraine’s counteroffensive as a primary factor, said Pentagon official Colin Kahl. Kahl told reporters that the ‘urgency of the moment’ demanded it, but also said: ‘We want to make sure that the Ukrainians have sufficient artillery to keep them in the fight in the context of the current counteroffensive, and because things are going a little slower than some had hoped.’

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