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Ukrainian armed forces have received cluster munitions pledged by the United States to Kyiv to boost its slow-moving counter-offensive against the Russian invasion, a senior army official said Thursday...
"We just got them, we haven't used them yet, but they can radically change (the battlefield)," Ukrainian army commander Oleksandr Tarnavskyi told US broadcaster CNN in an interview...
The United States last week said it would deliver cluster bombs to Ukraine, despite concerns over the long-term risk posed to civilians...
"The enemy also understands that with getting this ammunition, we will have an advantage," Tarnavskyi said.. Tarnavskyi told CNN Ukrainian forces would not deploy the weapon in heavily populated areas...
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