Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia’s military has a “sufficient stockpile” of cluster munitions in response to Ukraine receiving a shipment of similar munitions from the United States.
Speaking on the issue of the U.S. shipment to Ukraine for the first time in a Sunday interview, Putin said that Russia has yet to use the controversial weapons in the ongoing conflict but warned the country would “reserves the right to take reciprocal action” if Ukraine uses cluster bombs on the battlefield, according to a report from The Associated Press.
“Until now, we have not done this, we have not used it, and we have not had such a need,” Putin said in the interview.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Russian Presidential Press Service via AP)
The interview comes after the Pentagon verified Thursday that a shipment of cluster munitions from the U.S. had arrived in Ukraine. The munitions are intended to help…