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Mines for Ukraine: Biden’s “farewell gift”
Joe Biden only has a few weeks left as US President before he is replaced by his re-elected predecessor Donald Trump. At the end of his term of office, the outgoing Biden put together a 275 million dollar arms aid package for his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen This also includes a weapon that the Americans have so far shied away from supplying and which is highly controversial. However, the never-ending waves of Russian soldiers, under which the Ukrainian lines are increasingly giving way, require drastic measures from the US government's point of view. So landmines are being delivered to Ukraine - packed in artillery ammunition to be distributed from the air. Krone+ explains how the technology behind the US M692 and M731 mine cluster munitions works and what the Ukrainian generals hope to gain from the new US weapon.
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