the dud rate? what percentage of these bomblets or smaller munitions don t explode? according to the u.s. in the case of russian cluster munitions, which have been used repeatedly sing the beginning of the war, it s upwards of 30 or 40%. for u.s. it s below 2.35%. jim, that s very important for the u.s. no question, although congress did pass a law a number years ago that they should be those dud rates should be below 1%. certainly lower than russian munitions, but a danger nonetheless. oren liebermann at the pentagon, thank you so much. vladimir putin cleaning house after last month s brief but highly embarrassing mutiny. the wall street journal is reporting that at least 13 senior officers suspected of disloyalty were detained for questioning. some were later released ask around 15 were suspended from duty or they were fired. cnn s senior international correspondent sam kiley is joining us now on this story. one of the biggest names on the list of course is general sergei
right ammunition so that russians can t run them over. can i just follow up quickly, if you don t mind. in terms of the difference between the cluster munitions the u.s. is sending over versus what russia has been using, break it down for us, cedric. it s called the dud rate, right? that s right. yeah, the dud rate is basically the failure rate, if you will, of these munitions. so for the american munitions that are being planned to be shipped to ukraine the dud rate is about 2.35%. for and that s the official those are the official figures. in real life it will probably be a little bit higher than that but it is definitely not going to be as high as the russian rate which is around 30% to 40%, which is incredibly bad. ambassador, can i ask you a critical kind of substory of this nato summit is sweden and turkey s continued blocking of their accession into nato. finland is already in. sweden is kind of hanging out there right now. i think if you read between the lines of what
network the president sat down and said that this was a very hard decision to make but it s ultimately the right decision to make. we know we have to bridge our 155 rounds here and increase production here in the united states to continue ukraine in the fight, but artillery is one of their biggest priority needs on the battlefield. and the expenditure of artillery on the battlefield is quite high. so these cluster munitions, we are sending one with a rate of lower that 2.35%. we re confident ukraine will use these responsibly on the battlefield and they ve given us their assurance of that. but this was a hard decision that his national security team recommended to him ultimately and it s going to keep ukraine not only in the fight but going to keep them pushing forward and advancing in their counteroffensive. thank you so much for joining us from the white house today the pentagon, i should say. i do want to bring in nic
to say. it was not an easy decision. we are not sympathetic to that agreement. it took me awhile to be convinced to do it. they either have the weapons to stop the russians from keep them from stopping the ukrainian offensive or laid out. i think they needed them. sabrina, perhaps the presidents initial hesitation was because of the failure rate of cluster bombs. the washington post reports that the pentagon has assessed that the closer munitions it will be sent to ukraine have a dud rate no higher than 2.35%. when and how was the assessment done? the assessment that we did was over the course of many different trial tests. the most recent one was in 2020. as you just saw the president say, this was a hard decision to make.
3%, 2.35%, and that s much lower than the dud rate munitions russia is using. ukraine will not use these to target civilian areas like the russians have been and they will be used by ukraine to help defend its own territory rather than attack another sovereign territory like russia has been doing. according to the national security adviser, u.s. allies have embraced that argument with open arms. victor, erica? thanks so much. ukrainians are claiming some progress in their counter offense against russia. the military making advances according to ukraine, putting pressure on russian forces in the city. here s cnn s ben wedeman with more. reporter: as soon as one artillery round blasts toward bak bakhmut, the crew rushes to prepare for another. ukrainian officials report gains around the town that since last