US Expected to announce it will send cluster Munitions to Kyiv

Rescue workers assess the damage left by a Russian missile that struck an apartment building in Lviv, Ukraine, July 6, 2023. At least four people were killed. [Reuters]

The Biden administration is considering sending cluster munitions to Ukraine to help it in its war against Russia, U.S. officials said, in a move that will likely anger human rights groups.

The controversial weapons are fired from a cannon and release dozens of "bomblets" across a wide area. They can cause harm long after the fighting has ended. Cluster munitions are banned by 123 countries because of the risk they pose to civilians - but the United States, Ukraine and Russia have not banned them.