on cluster munitions? it s an international treaty that prohibits all use, transfer, production and stockpiling of cluster munitions. cluster munitions are an explosive weapon which scatters bomblets over an area. the convention entered into force on 1st august 2010 and a total of 123 states are committed to it. but the united states and russia have not signed this convention, but most nato countries have. kurt volker is a former us ambassador to nato he was also the us special representative for ukraine. he s been telling me why he backs the move. ukraine is facing brutal attacks from russia, genocidal war crimes, including the use by russia of cluster munitions and we need to do everything we can to give ukraine the equipment that they need in order to fight back and push the russians out of their territory. many would say, two wrongs don t make a right. the us has previously criticised russian forces for sending what it