he has been in prague today where he has been calling on the nato alliance to supply him with longer range weapons he needs. but it is the white house decision to supply cluster munitions to ukraine which has divided the alliance. over 100 countries have signed up to a moratorium on cluster munitions including the uk france and germany. let s talk about the counteroffensive because it has been slow to take hold. there are soldiers and western observers starting to wonder if a breakthrough is possible, or whether russia s defensive lines, built up and heavily reinforced over the winter months, are simply too much of a barrier. today in prague, president zelensky said his country needs longer range weapons. without them he said the counter offensive will be blunted. there has long been a debate within the nato alliance about these longer range weapons. there are concerns that military strikes within russia, might lead to further escalation.but in just the last hour, the us ha
munitions and they had said that they understood. germany has criticised america for the use of this, but they have said also that they believe that america has done everything it can to believe that these munitions they are sending over are safe enough. these munitions they are sending over are safe enough. thank you very much for that- over are safe enough. thank you very much for that. as over are safe enough. thank you very much for that. as she over are safe enough. thank you very much for that. as she suggests. - that decision is not universally welcomed. the uk, germany and france have banned the use of cluster bombs by their own armed forces and germany says it opposes sending them to ukraine. nato s secretary general has admitted there is a difference among allies on whether cluster weapons should be sent. it is for individual allies to make decisions on what type of weapons, all allies agree that we should deliver weapons, ammunition to ukraine and we are deliverin
he has been in prague today where he has been calling on the nato alliance to supply him with longer range weapons he needs. but it is the white house decision to supply cluster munitions to ukraine which has divided the alliance. over 100 countries have signed up to a moratorium on cluster munitions including the uk france and germany. let s talk about the counteroffensive because it has been slow to take hold. there are soldiers and western observers starting to wonder if a breakthrough is possible, or whether russia s defensive lines, built up and heavily reinforced over the winter months, are simply too much of a barrier. today in prague, president zelensky said his country needs longer range weapons. without them he said the counter offensive will be blunted. there has long been a debate within the nato alliance about these longer range weapons. there are concerns that military strikes within russia,
might lead to further escalation.but in just the last hour, the us has confirmed that it will be sending cluster munitions to ukraine. the white house conceded that the weapons carry a risk to civilians. but the national security adviser jake sullivan said there would be a greater risk if russia was allowed to advance further into ukraine. and he said american cluster bombs are less of a risk to bystanders than those used by moscow, because they have a lower failure rate. artillery is at the core of this conflict. ukraine is firing thousands of rounds a day to defend against russian efforts thousands of rounds a day to defend against russian efforts to thousands of rounds a day to defend against russian efforts to advance and also to support its own efforts to retake its sovereign territory. we have provided ukraine with a historic amount of unitary artillery grounds and we are remic up domestic production of these rounds. we have already seen substantial increases in production bu