Putin: We have a sufficient stockpile of cluster bombs

Israel National News reports: “Russian President Vladimir Putin said an interview on Sunday that Moscow has a ‘sufficient stockpile’ of cluster munitions, and warned that Russia ‘reserves the right to take reciprocal action’ if Ukraine uses the controversial weapons, The Associated Press reported.

The comments mark the first time that Putin has responded to the US announcement that it will send cluster munitions to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package.

Putin said that Russia hasn’t used cluster bombs in the war with Ukraine so far, claiming, ‘Until now, we have not done this, we have not used it, and we have not had such a need.’

Human rights groups and Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States accused Russia last year of attacking Ukrainians with cluster bombs and vacuum bombs…”

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