FILE PHOTO: Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles looks on as she presides at a tribute to two dead Spanish legionnaires at a barracks of Spanish Legion in Ronda, Spain May 6, 2022. REUTERS/Jon Nazca/
MADRID (Reuters) - Cluster bombs should not be sent to help Ukraine, the Spanish defence minister said on Saturday, a day after the United States announced the weapons would be sent to Kyiv to help with its counter-offensive against Russian forces.
Cluster munitions are prohibited by more than 100 countries, including Spain. They typically release large numbers of smaller bomblets that can kill indiscriminately over a wide area. Those that fail to explode pose a danger for decades.
