consequence opportunity a war crime. here s what she said. there s records of illegal cluster bombs being used by the russians. if that s true, what is the next step of this administration, and is there a red line for how much violence will be tolerated against civilians in this manner that s illegal and potential a war crime? it would be. i don t have any confirmation of that. we have seen the reports. if that were true, it would potentially bell a war crime. this is something the administration has grappled with for months and months, especially since ukraine started asking for the munitions saying they could make a difference, particularly baas russia has been using them. as jake sullivan said today, the u.s. had been deferring, making a decision on this, kind of punting this down the road until it became absolutely necessary. now they feel ukraine does need it on the battlefield, because they were running low on ammunition. president biden said that in an bur view e
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president biden tells cnn it s essential that ukraine get controversial custer munitions from the u.s. a, quote, difficult decision that has biden taking heat from allies and members of his own party. is rudy giuliani aboutdisba? the special counsel zeros in on a chaotic white house meeting that include d rudy giuliani. thanks for joining us. i m e erica hill. it s controversial because as you can see, it breaks apart midair and skaters explosives over a large area. cluster bombs can leave munitions that didn t explode on the ground long after the fighting has stopped, continuing to endanger civilians in the area. that, of course, is part of the problem and part of the concern that was discussed with russia early on in an exclusive interview with cnn, president biden explains why he believes now is the time to arm ukraine with this powerful weapon. they re trying to get through those trenches and stop the tanks from rolling. it was not an easy decision. the main thing i
Their territory and their civilians who will be impact if they did not do that. a significant diplomatic victory for the americans. the ukrainians are very happy about it. we will have to see what transpires under the battlefield but if you start to see large numbers of civilians injured by these types of weapons of political calculus could easily change. the whereabouts of wagner boss yevgeny prigozhin have been a mystery since he led a short lived rebellion in russia last month. under the deal to end the stand off, charges against him were dropped and he was offered a move to belarus. but yesterday, belarus leader alexander lukashenko said prigozhin was in russia after all. last week, bbc verify revealed these satellite images that appeared to show activity at a disused military base around 64 miles from the belarusian capital. the area has been reported in russian media as a place that could house wagner fighters. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, has visited that site, and he s
We ll tell you why they re so controversial. touring a military camp in belarus. our correspondent investigates reports that the site could soon house wagner paramilitary fighters. and the exiled belarusian opposition leader, svetla na tikhanovskaya speaks to the bbc. hello i m helena humphrey, it s good to have you with us. we start here in washington, where officials have confirmed the us government will send a cluster munitions package to ukraine to help its counter offensive against russia. they re a controversial class of weapons that are banned by more than 100 countries, due to the risk of harm to civilians. but ukraine has been pressing for the weapons for months, amid an ammunition shortage. each cluster munition carries large numbers of smaller bomblets,