US Will Send Cluster Bombs to Ukraine With Conditions

The United States will send so-called “cluster munitions” to Ukraine in its ongoing fight to drive Russian forces out of the country. Colin H. Kahl, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, said the United States has agreed to provide the controversial munitions after determining they have a “dud rate” of 2.5 percent and getting assurances from Ukrainian leaders on how the weapons will be used. “We’ve gotten these assurances in writing,” Mr. Kahl said during a Pentagon press briefing on July 7. Mr. Kahl said the United States would send standard 105 mm artillery shells and Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions (DPICM). He would not say how many of the devices would be sent....