Drone footage shows an unspecified Russian cluster munition delivering high explosive bomblets onto an area reportedly held by Ukrainian troops.

Although there is a 2010 Convention On Cluster Munitions in which over 100 nations agreed to not use them; neither Russian nor Ukraine are signatories. Additionally, the US is also not a signatory. That is relevant as there has been recent talk about the United States considering the delivery cluster munitions to Ukraine.

Congress currently has a destruction on cluster munition exports, although that can be overridden by POTUS or the Secretary of State.

The use of cluster munitions increases the risk of civilian deaths and other collateral damage, but the weapons would also be helpful to the Ukrainians in dislodging the Russians from entrenched fighting positions and may also be useful in clearing minefields.

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