The cluster munitions may not speed up Ukraine’s ongoing efforts to take back its land, but could potentially make a difference in the ongoing battle to reduce Russian defences, says defence analyst Mike Yeo.
The dual-purpose improved conventional munitions that US will be sending Kyiv areartillery shells designed to burst at a preset altitude and distance from the desired target, and scatter 72 smaller bomblets over a wide area.
Ukraine intends to use the DPICMs in the former role in its ongoing counteroffensive, using them to clear defensive lines in southern and eastern Ukraine where it is trying to wrest control from the occupying Russians, who have constructed a multilayered defensive network that includes extensive manned trenches, obstacles, fortifications and minefields.
The US has also said it will send submunitions with a low dud rate to Ukraine to minimise the rate of unexploded munitions left behind on the battlefield, which is already widely littered with dud explosives and deliberately sown mines by both sides. It also makes no sense to hinder Ukraine’s ability to defend itself by withholding weapons that it needs. Critics are perhaps justified when they say delays in handing over tanks, fighter jets and air defence missiles have prolonged the war and led to more Ukrainian deaths.
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