Russian embassy condemns US supply of cluster munitions • Zelensky wants to better secure border with Belarus

US Embassy Condemns Russia Supply of Cluster Munitions to Ukraine

The Russian embassy in the United States has condemned the shipment of cluster bombs from the United States to Ukraine. According to the embassy, ​​the US actually admitted to war crimes.

Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of using the disputed weapons. 123 countries have banned these explosives because they pose a danger to the public. But Russia, the United States and Ukraine have not signed the treaty.

A Human Rights Watch study shows that Russia is using cluster bombs on a large scale in the Ukraine war. The invading army may have carried out hundreds of attacks, resulting in the deaths of many hundreds of women, men and children. The death toll could be higher. According to HRW, Ukraine does it on a smaller scale.

Ukraine pledged last week that Washington-supplied munitions would not be used on Russian territory, but only on Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia.

Zelensky wants to better protect the border with Belarus

Ukraine wants to better protect its border with neighboring Belarus. President of Ukraine Zelensky said. Belarus sided with Russia in the war.

Russian forces entered Ukraine from that country at the beginning of the war. Thousands of Russian soldiers are also stationed in Belarus. There they train for offensive missions. However, experts do not believe that another Russian attack from Belarus is unlikely. He did not explain how Zelensky intends to strengthen the border, which is more than a thousand kilometers long.

Biden: Ukraine not yet ready for NATO membership

U.S. President Biden said in an interview broadcast by the American television channel CNN today that Ukraine is not yet ready to become a NATO member. He makes his statements just before the NATO summit in Vilnius, where “Ukraine” is high on the agenda.

According to Biden, there is no consensus among NATO member states at this time, and it is still too early to vote on it.

If Ukraine joins NATO now, it means that member states will have to defend every inch of Ukrainian territory. “It’s a commitment we all made, no matter what,” Biden said of NATO. “If the war continues, we are all at war, and then we are at war with Russia.”

In addition, there are other requirements that a country must meet in order to qualify for NATO membership. “It’s a long process,” Biden said. Biden, however, said the US could offer Ukraine the same kind of security it would offer Israel before membership. But for that to happen, a cease-fire and a peace treaty must first be signed.