Why is the US sending controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine?
685US president Joe Biden has decided to provide Ukraine with ground-launched cluster munitions, causing widespread controversy.
The Pentagon says the munition will help Ukrainian forces fight their way through deep Russian defences while Nato nations ramp up ammunition production.
First used during the Second World War, cluster munitions were used by the US military in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
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