Latest in Ukraine: The grain deal is out, cluster bombs and NATO expansion are in
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The U.S. promised Ukraine cluster bombs. In Laos, they still kill civilians
The U.S. dropped over 2 million tons of ordnance on Laos, including cluster bombs, in the 1960s and '70s. To this day, many people are killed, crippled and disfigured by them, writes Lewis M. Simons.
The U.S. is sending cluster bombs to Ukraine despite humanitarian warnings
U.S. officials maintained Friday that Ukraine has provided written assurances to minimize civilian casualties with the use of the controversial munitions.
U.S. is expected to announce it will send cluster munitions to Ukraine
More than 100 countries ban such weapons because unexploded bomblets can be picked up by civilians, causing injury or death. An announcement is expected Friday.
Russia is using controversial 'cluster munitions' in Ukraine, humanitarian groups say
Once fired, cluster munitions open in midair and rain down dozens or even hundreds of smaller submunitions, or "bomblets," over a large area the size of one or several football fields.