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Originally Posted by Itse
Russians have been using cluster munition from very early on in the war, the West most certainly didn't open that door first.
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To correct: both sides have admitted to using cluster munitions pretty early on in the war.
For the record, you'd be hard pressed to find any significant artillery power that has signed the treaty against cluster munitions. Ukraine, Russia, US, China, Koreas, Iran, Greece, Turkey, Finland... none have signed it. Perun pointed out that while saying 100+ countries have signed the ban sounds like a lot, possibly less than 10% of the worlds existing artillery is actually covered by the treaty.
I get why there's been a push to ban them, but I personally have no problem with US providing Ukraine with cluster munitions.