Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the US Congress to block the planned export of a large shipment of ammunition from Turkey to Ukraine. It argues that the so-called cluster munitions are not accurate enough to eliminate civilian casualties and that unexploded ordnance remains in place long after the war. For Ukraine, however, cluster munitions are crucial to its defense against Russian aggression.
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the US Congress to block the planned export of a large shipment of ammunition from Turkey to Ukraine. It argues that the so-called cluster munitions are not accurate enough to eliminate civilian casualties and that unexploded ordnance remains in place long after the war. For Ukraine, however, cluster munitions are crucial to its defense against Russian aggression.