Putin: 'Russia will use cluster bombs if Kiev does'

Russia reserves the right to mirror the use of cluster munitions against it. or said President Vladimir Putin in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin, who posted a snippet of the conversation on his Telegram channel. the known shortage of ammunition in a certain period of time we also had, but we did not. But of course, if they are used against us, we reserve the right to mirror those actions,” the head of state said, adding that Russia has a sufficient stockpile of such shells. According to Putin, the United States decided on these deliveries “ not for a good life,” but because they themselves are facing a shortage of ammunition.

“The Ukrainian army uses up to five or six thousand, say, 155 mm caliber shells per day of hostilities, while the United States produces 15 thousand per month . They don't have enough and Europe doesn't have enough already. But they have found nothing better than to offer the use of cluster munitions," the president said. He recalled that the US administration itself has defined the use of cluster munitions as a crime. "So, I think this is how we should treat him,” Putin concluded. On July 7, US President Joe Biden announced his decision to supply the Kiev regime with cluster munitions, and a week later the Pentagon reported that Ukraine le he already had receipts, not only from the United States, but from other countries as well.