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Post by Admin on Jul 7, 2023 22:20:11 GMT
Biden: I don't think Ukraine is ready for NATO membership Fareed Zakaria, GPS
In an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria, President Joe Biden explains why he believes it's premature for Ukraine to join NATO.
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Post by Admin on Jul 8, 2023 14:50:19 GMT
The UK is committed to a convention which "discourages" the use of cluster bombs, Rishi Sunak has said, after the US agreed to supply them to Ukraine.
The prime minister highlighted that the UK is one the countries to have banned the controversial weapons, which have a record of killing civilians.
But he also emphasised the government would continue to support Ukraine.
US President Joe Biden made what he called a "very difficult decision" to supply them to Kyiv on Friday.
Spain, one of 123 nations to ban cluster bombs, has criticised the decision to send them, which has also been condemned by human rights groups.
Cluster munitions are a method of dispersing large numbers of tiny bomblets from a rocket, missile or artillery shell that scatters them in mid-flight over a wide area.
They are meant to detonate on impact, but a significant proportion of them can fail to explode initially - often when they land on wet or soft ground. This means they can explode at a later date, killing or injuring people.
Neither the US, Ukraine or Russia are signatory to the international treaty - the Convention on Cluster Munitions - banning the use or stockpiling of them over the indiscriminate damage they can inflict on civilian populations.
Speaking to reporters in Selby, Yorkshire, on Saturday, Mr Sunak said the UK is "signatory to a convention which prohibits the production or use of cluster munitions and discourages their use".
"We will continue to do our part to support Ukraine against Russia's illegal and unprovoked invasion, but we've done that by providing heavy battle tanks and most recently long-range weapons, and hopefully all countries can continue to support Ukraine," he added.
"Russia's act of barbarism is causing untold suffering to millions of people."
Mr Sunak is due to meet with Mr Biden in London on Monday, ahead of a Nato summit in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Tuesday.
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Post by Admin on Jul 8, 2023 18:49:55 GMT
President Biden has confirmed that the United States will send controversial cluster bombs to the Ukrainian frontline.
More than 120 countries have banned the use of cluster munitions because of the high proportion of civilian casualties that they can cause.
Rishi Sunak has called reaffirmed the UK's stance against the weapons.
NATO Summit: Will Allies Agree to Fast-Track Ukraine’s Membership? | VOANews
Thirty-one NATO member heads of state set to meet in Vilnius, Lithuania, as military support for Kyiv tops agenda. #lithuania #ukraine #news #voanews
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Post by Admin on Jul 9, 2023 19:20:19 GMT
Vilnius NATO summit is 'very important': Volodymyr Zelenskyy l This Week
ABC News’ Martha Raddatz interviews Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on “This Week.”
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Post by Admin on Jul 10, 2023 0:34:52 GMT
US President Joe Biden has arrived in the UK to meet the Prime Minister to discuss the war in Ukraine.
Mr Biden will also meet The King during his stay before heading to a summit of NATO leaders in Lithuania.
Before leaving the US, he said that Ukraine shouldn't join NATO until the war with Russia ends. Sky's Mark Stone has more.
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