Cluster bombs: Biden defends decision to send Ukraine controversial weapons

BBC News:

US President Joe Biden has defended his “very difficult decision” to give Ukraine cluster bombs, which have a record of killing civilians.

The president said it had taken him “a while to be convinced to do it”, but he had acted because “the Ukrainians are running out of ammunition”.

Ukraine’s leader hailed the “timely” move, while a Moscow envoy slammed Washington’s “cynicism”.

Cluster bombs are banned by more than 120 countries.

Mr Biden told CNN in an interview on Friday that he had spoken to allies about the decision, which comes ahead of a Nato summit in Lithuania next week.