Shoigu promised a response in case of deliveries of cluster munitions to Ukraine

In case of deliveries of cluster munitions to Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Russia will be forced to use similar weapons against the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu, transmits “RIA News”.

According to the minister, the US decision only leads to a prolongation of the conflict. Shoigu noted that the Russian army has cluster bombs “for all occasions.” At the same time, he continued, Moscow, realizing the threat of such weapons to the civilian population, refrained and still refrains from using them during the special operation.

The minister explained Washington’s decision on the supply of cluster munitions by the shortage of 155-caliber shells in the United States, informs TASS. According to him, Russia is armed with the entire range of cluster munitions and they are much more effective than the American ones.

July 7 White House announced on the transfer of cluster munitions to Kyiv. Washington acknowledged the danger of such weapons to the civilian population, noting that Ukraine provided the United States with written guarantees that the ammunition would be used “with caution.”

The Russian Foreign Ministry considered such a step a “gesture of desperation,” and Denis Pushilin, acting head of the DPR, stressed that the transfer of cluster munitions would not affect the course of the special operation. Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko earlier today named a war crime the decision to supply such type of weapons. According to her, the West is not interested in a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, but in further escalation.