Türkiye Seeks to Transfer US Cluster Munitions to Ukraine

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Click to expand Image US soldiers firing a M110 howitzer during Operation Desert Storm, December 29, 1990. The howitzer fired the type of artillery projectiles Turkey has requested permission to retransfer to Ukraine, until it was retired from US service in the mid-1990s.

© 1990 Peter Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images (Washington, DC, August 11, 2026) – Türkiye has requested…

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Primary source: Human Rights Watch News · August 11, 2026

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