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The US has been evaluating Ukraine's supply of cluster bombs for a long time, said General Mark Milley, the commander of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. He further pointed out that Russian troops are already using them in Ukraine and that Kiev forces have already received these munitions from other allies.
The statement comes as Ukrainian officials have expressed their frustration in recent days, calling on Washington and the West to provide them with more advanced weaponry to help destroy Russian defensive positions and retake more territory.
"The Ukrainians have asked for them, other European countries have provided them, the Russians are using them," Milley said, adding that on the US side, "there is a decision-making process going on." The general does not accept that Ukraine's counteroffensive is moving
. slowly.
It will bring results, even if it takes six to eight weeks before Ukrainian forces make more substantial advances.
The war on paper and the real war on the ground are two different things," US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley said during a discussion in Washington on Friday.
"The fact that it's going slower than people predicted doesn't surprise me at all," General Milley said, noting that Ukrainian forces are "advancing in a steady and organized manner."
"It will be very difficult, very long, very bloody and nobody should have any illusions about that," he said.
Cluster bombs are projectiles that open in the air and drop smaller projectiles over a much wider area. The use of these weapons is opposed by a number of humanitarian organizations, which say they have a high failure rate and often cause civilian casualties.
It is not clear what position NATO countries would take if the US were to supply Ukraine with these weapons, since more than two-thirds of the Alliance's 30 states signed a convention in 2010 that prohibits their use. Meanwhile, the USA, Russia and Ukraine have not signed this convention.
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