Ukrainian ambassador, Vadym Prystaiko, has defended the controversial use of US-made cluster bombs, telling Andrew Marr that Russia is using 'everything short of nuclear'
"Russia is already bombing us with cluster munitions. It’s not something new that’s been invented, they’ve been doing it for all of this year, bringing risk to our civilians," he said.
Controversial 'cluster bombs' are a weapon designed to scatter submunitions over a expansive area, meaning the bombs pose a risk to civilian life through the indiscriminate 'scattering' of explosives. "Their cluster fails around 20 per cent [of the time]. The American is much more sophisticated - one per cent, two percent of smaller bombs that reach the ground will stay there.His comments follow US President Joe Biden's announcement the US would send the weapons as part of a military aid package worth around $800m .
Ambassador Prystaiko continued of Russia's justification for war: "Now, when they’ve seen there is no progress, they’ve had to explain something to their own people why they’ve even started this war.
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