MOSCOW, July 7 The use of American cluster munitions in Ukraine could lead to mass deaths of civilians, said Crimean Senator Sergei Tsekov.
The United States has prepared a new $800 million military aid package for Ukraine that will include cluster munitions for artillery pieces and dozens of armored vehicles, the Pentagon and the State Department said.
«The use of US cluster munitions in Ukraine can lead to mass deaths of civilians,» the politician said.
«Let's hope that our armed forces will destroy the munitions before they are used,» he added.
The senator believes that Russia «will draw appropriate conclusions.»
«As for the United States, it is warmongers They lose influence, respect in the eyes of the world community, and instead of moving towards peace, they foment conflict,» Tsekov stressed.
Cluster munitions are banned by an international convention that has been ratified by 123 countries, not including the United States and Ukraine . Ukraine, according to Russian military and officials, has already used cluster munitions to shell the Donbass, in particular the large city of Donetsk. According to the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Major General Igor Konashenkov, this indicates that the task of the Ukrainian troops is to kill the maximum number of civilians.