US to send cluster munitions because Ukrainian counteroffensive ‘going slower than hoped’Kahl says there are two primary reasons behind the decision to include cluster munitions in this latest weapons aid package to Ukraine.
One is the “urgency of the moment”, he says. Ukraine is in the midst of its counteroffensive which has been difficult because the Russians had six months to dig into defensive belts in the east and the south.
We want to make sure that the Ukrainians have sufficient artillery to keep them in the fight in the context of the current counter offensive, and because things are going a little slower than some had hoped.