{"id":582470,"date":"2023-07-12T18:54:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T15:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/zelensky-thanks-biden-for-difficult-decision-to-send-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T18:54:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T15:54:08","slug":"zelensky-thanks-biden-for-difficult-decision-to-send-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/zelensky-thanks-biden-for-difficult-decision-to-send-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"#Zelensky thanks Biden for \u2018difficult\u2019 decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/ZelenskyVolodymyr_BidenJoe_071223_APPhotoSusanWalsh.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday thanked President Biden on the sidelines of the NATO summit for providing his country with cluster bombs, highly controversial munitions that are outlawed by more than 100 nations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky acknowledged it was a \u201cdifficult political decision\u201d for Biden to move forward on providing the weapons, which make an explosive more dangerous by indiscriminately dispersing hundreds of projectiles over a larger area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very simple, you know, to criticize, for example, cluster munitions, and you made a difficult political decision,\u201d Zelensky told Biden as the pair <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared together in Vilnius, Lithuania amid the NATO summit. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut you have to know that Russia used such weapons from the first day [of its aggression against Ukraine] \u2026 I didn\u2019t hear from all parts of the world when Russia began to use it, I didn\u2019t a hear the same kind of criticism,\u201d Zelensky added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden had earlier defended his decision to send the weapons to Kyiv amid concerns that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are running out of ammunition as they carry out a large-scale counteroffensive against Russian forces more than 16 months into Moscow\u2019s invasion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers in Washington have expressed concerns about providing the cluster munitions to Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>Biden told Zelensky on Wednesday the U.S. \u201cis doing everything we can to get you everything we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBad <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> for you is we\u2019re not going anywhere. You\u2019re stuck with us,\u201d the president joked.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The meeting between Biden and Zelensky came on the second and final day of the NATO summit, a critical meeting for allied-members and Ukraine that reaffirmed Western commitment to Ukraine\u2019s defense as it works to push Russian soldiers out of its territory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Zelensky initially criticized NATO allies for failing to provide a concrete timetable for Ukraine to join the alliance, he said the outcome of the summit provided for \u201cvery much needed and meaningful success for Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur delegation is bringing home a significant security victory for Ukraine, for our country, for our people, for our children,\u201d he said in earlier remarks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. 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