Ukraine asks for cassette bombs in the US to drop them on the occupiers from drones - the media
According to US lawmakers, Ukrainian representatives called on US representatives at the Munich Security Conference on the White House to approve supply. Ukraine hopes that cassette ammunition will give it an advantage in the fierce fight against Russian troops in the East. Journalists also stated that the Embassy of Ukraine in the United States had transmitted information from the Ministry of Defense.
The unnamed representative of the NSDC of Ukraine also said that Kiev and Washington are closely coordinated, talking about military assistance, but nothing new can not be said. The material states that in Ukraine it is hoped that MK-20 Rockeye II will help stop the attacks of "living power" on Bakhmut by the Russian Federation. Yes, MK-20 is reset with a plane. During the fall of the ammunition, it produces more than 240 linear cumulative charges.
According to a representative of the US Democratic Party Smith, the Ukrainian military believes that these charges "have a better armor -piercing capacity" than those who are now dumped from drones. However, Smith doubts that President Joe Biden will approve such supply. Journalists noted that the Textron Systems Corporation stopped production of MK-20 in 2016 after the United States stopped the sale of Saudi Arabia.
However, according to the unnamed Assistant Congressman, there are more than 1 million such ammunition in the US military warehouses. Casette ammunition is also called CBU-100. Used mainly against tanks and other armored vehicles. It is a bomb free fall in the air base. Such ammunition weighs 222 kg. How Ukraine plans to adapt them to discharge from UAVs, is not specified. Earlier, the Armed Forces told that it was needed for a successful offensive.
According to the speaker of the Eastern Group of Sergei Cherevatov, the Ukrainian military require heavy tanks, the latest fire damage systems and personnel training. CNN stated that NATO estimates that the loss of Russian Federation under Bakhmut was 5 times higher than that of the Armed Forces. The anonymous source from the Defense Alliance states that even despite the "favorable" ratio of numbers, Ukraine loses a tremendous amount of living force in attempts to maintain control of the city.