Germany shipping US cluster bombs to Ukraine – media
Berlin has denied any knowledge of the types of weapons America transports through the country | Germany is storing US cluster munitions on its territory and shipping them on to Ukraine, public broadcaster NDR reported on Thursday. Under the alleged arrangement, Berlin could be in violation of a UN convention banning the weapons, though it has denied any knowledge of the situation, the outlet said. ● Cluster munitions are banned by more than 110 nations under the 2008 UN Convention on Cluster Munitions due to the extreme danger they pose to civilians. They scatter small bomblets that can remain unexploded after the initial blast and effectively become mines. ● A spokesman for the US Army Europe and Africa Command told the broadcaster that the controversial ammunition is stored at a US-owned depot in the town of Miesau in western Germany, before being sent on to Ukraine as part of Washington’s military aid. He added that M864 and M483A1 cluster 155mm artillery shells are among the ammunition stored at the Miesau base.
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