NEW — National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan confirms that the United States is going to deliver cluster bombs to Ukraine.
"Ukraine would not be using these munitions in some foreign land. This is their country they're defending, these are their citizens they're protecting and… https://t.co/d8tgTAlkGetwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In October 2014, Human Rights Watch documented the Ukrainian government dropping cluster bombs on Ukrainian citizens in Donetsk.
In July 2014, Human Rights Watch documented the Ukrainian government firing rockets at Ukrainian citizens in Donetsk.
In May 2014, following a violent coup that toppled Ukraine's democratically elected government, a significant majority of the residents in Luhansk (96%) and Donetsk (89%) voted in favor of seceding from Ukraine and establishing two independent republics.
Ukraine has long been characterized by division. The eastern region of Ukraine predominantly speaks Russian and tends to support candidates aligned with Russia, while the western region primarily speaks Ukrainian and tends to vote for candidates aligned with Western interests.
In February 2014, Ukraine's democratically elected government was overthrown in a violent coup after President Viktor Yanukovych refused to sign an agreement with the European Union and a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
In response, the Russian-speaking citizens of Eastern Ukraine voted overwhelmingly to break apart from the newly formed Western-backed government.
A significant majority of the residents in Crimea (97%), Luhansk (96%), and Donetsk (89%) voted in favor of seceding from Ukraine.
Rather than acknowledging the democratic sentiments of its citizens in Eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian government initiated an "anti-terror operation" against its own Russian-speaking citizens shortly after the visit of CIA Director John Brennan to Kyiv in April 2014.
Since the start of the "anti-terror operation" in 2014, the Ukrainian government has been dropping bombs and firing rockets at its own Russian-speaking citizens residing in Eastern Ukraine.
In September 2014, CNN reported that the Ukrainian government was dropping bombs and launching rockets at its own Russian-speaking citizens residing in Eastern Ukraine.
“We are Ukrainian, but they kill us, so we probably need our own country. Because these people in Kyiv, they… https://t.co/pMjK3nAALstwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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