The US administration said that it had received ‘written assurances’ from Ukraine that it would use cluster bombs carefully. Nonetheless, the munition will provide an additional risk to civilians.
It’s also very likely that Ukraine will be using the cluster munitions to clear out minefields more than using them as an attacking/defensive weapon
pretty much everyone says they’re going to use these for good reasons that will not harm civilians and have purely military consequences―it never works out that way, and seldom is restricted to those uses once rubber hits the road. i’m not sure why we’re assuming that this will be any different other than that the actor is sympathetic and we’d like to (incorrectly) assume their judgement is unimpeachable and infallible.
pretty much everyone says they’re going to use these for good reasons that will not harm civilians and have purely military consequences―it never works out that way, and seldom is restricted to those uses once rubber hits the road. i’m not sure why we’re assuming that this will be any different other than that the actor is sympathetic and we’d like to (incorrectly) assume their judgement is unimpeachable and infallible.