Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the US administration’s decision to supply cluster munitions to the Kiev regime

The decision made by Joe Biden’s administration to provide the Kiev regime with cluster munitions is yet another outrageous manifestation of the United States’ anti-Russia course aimed at dragging out the conflict in Ukraine for as long as possible and continuing the war to the last Ukrainian.

This measure is a cynical attempt at prolonging the agony of the current Ukrainian authorities while ignoring civilian casualties. Washington understands very well that the Ukrainian neo-Nazis’ promises to use this indiscriminative weapon “carefully” and “responsibly” are worth nothing. The civilian population will find itself under attack once again, as happens every time that Ukraine is supplied with more and more lethal US and NATO weapon systems.

Based on experience in the Middle East and other regions, cluster bomb components often remain unexploded and may detonate long after the hostilities are over. By supplying cluster munitions, Washington will become a de facto accomplice in mining the territory and will fully share the responsibility for those killed by explosions, including Russian and Ukrainian children.

At the same time, the continuous expansion of military supplies, with which the US administration expects to ramp up the stakes in this conflict to the maximum, means that the United States and its satellites will be even more deeply involved in the hostilities. The international community does not have the right to ignore these obvious facts and must respond to them adequately.

Provision of cluster munitions is a desperate gesture demonstrating helplessness amidst Ukraine’s much-touted counter-offensive. The latest “miraculous weapon” that Washington and Kiev are banking on, without considering its grave consequences, will in no way affect the progress of the special military operation, the goals and objectives of which will be fully achieved.