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submitted 2 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

The U.S. will send Ukraine an undisclosed number of medium-range cluster bombs and an array of rockets, artillery and armored vehicles in a military aid package totaling about $375 million, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

Officials expect an announcement on Wednesday, as global leaders meet at the U.N. General Assembly, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy uses his appearance there to shore up support and persuade the U.S. to allow his troops to use long-range weapon s to strike deeper into Russia. The following day, Zelenskyy meets with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington.

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[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago

The US didn't sign that treaty AFAIK. Not sure about Ukraine though.

[-] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 months ago

Also, can't commit war crimes if there's no war. And Russia says this isn't a war.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 21 points 2 months ago

I know you're being facetious, but they're considered war crimes even if it's not a full declared war.

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Special military operation crimes then!

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Russia did declare it a war a while ago. They dropped the stupid military operation pretense.

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ukraine didn't, and neither did Russia.

It's like with incendiary weapons: Not war crimes as such, but for fuck's sake don't use them near civilians. Ultimately they're not doing anything that an artillery barrage couldn't do, including leaving unexploded ordinance around: When there's lots of soft targets you don't need all those explosions but only shrapnel so you can send a single shot and cause that shrapnel instead of twenty causing shrapnel and pointless explosions.

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