Putin threatens retaliation with Russia's cluster munitions stockpile as US sends controversial weapons to Ukraine
- The US has provided cluster munitions to Ukraine to support their counteroffensive against Russia.
- President Putin says Russia has a stockpile of cluster bombs and may use them if Ukraine deploys the weapons first.
- Cluster munitions release bomblets over a wide area and pose risks to civilians, leading over 100 nations to ban them.
- Both Russian and Ukrainian forces have been accused of using cluster bombs during the conflict.
- The US delivery of cluster munitions to Ukraine has raised concerns among some Democratic lawmakers and activists.