Germany Opposes Sending Cluster Munitions To Ukraine

U.S. officials said Washington was planning to provide Kyiv with cluster munitions, widely denounced for killing and maiming civilians.

Germany opposes sending cluster munitions to Ukraine, its foreign minister said on July 7, a day after U.S. officials said Washington was planning to provide Kyiv with the weapons, widely denounced for killing and maiming civilians. Human rights organizations oppose such a move, and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said that Germany, as one of 111 states party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), did. as well. The United States is not a party to the convention. To read the original story by Reuters, click here.