The Armed Forces of Ukraine have finally received cluster munitions from the United States. The White House is official
What is known
The US Department of Defense has several cluster munitions in its arsenal, including the M30 for the M142 HIMARS rocket artillery. However, so far we are talking about 155 mm DPICM M864 shells for howitzers.
The number of cluster munitions is not specified. The DPICM handover was officially confirmed by National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan at a briefing at the White House.
In the coming hours, the US Department of Defensewill publish a detailed list of weapons that will be included in the new military aid package for Ukraine. In addition to cluster munitions, the $800 million package is expected to include missiles for air defense systems, M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and Stryker armored personnel carriers.