Russia has been using them against civilians as an invading force, and Ukraine wants these more advanced versions to use them against the incredibly entrenched Russian Army.
From wiki
“Russia launched a Tochka-U ballistic missile equipped with a cluster munition warhead at a crowded train station in the eastern city of Kramatorsk as hundreds of people were trying to leave the area. A detailed Human Rights Watch investigation found that the attack killed at least 58 civilians and injured over 100 others.
Is using them a war crime?
The use of cluster bombs itself does not violate international law, but using them against civilians can be a violation. As in any strike, determining a war crime requires looking at whether the target was legitimate and if precautions were taken to avoid civilian casualties.
“The part of international law where this starts playing [a role], though, is indiscriminate attacks targeting civilians,” Human Rights Watch’s associate arms director Mark Hiznay told The Associated Press news agency. “So that’s not necessarily related to the weapons, but the way the weapons are used.”
Wikipedia is a propaganda organ of the Left.
Why are you posting Leftist propaganda on Free Republic?
Are you a Leftist?
Wiki is left wing propaganda - just check out what they write about Free Republic or President Trump. That’s all you need to know.
The Ukrainians and their puppet masters all claim any Russian missile or bomb is actually aimed at civilians, and later we find out the weapon(s) took out ammo dumps and air defense systems.
The Ukrainians were happy to target Ukrainians of Russian descent. That’s how this show got started - they kept trying to ethnically cleans the Ukraine and NATO was to ‘cleanse’ Russia of Putin by provoking war and then collaborating to drive the proxy war and establish regime change. NATO’s plan isn’t working....