U.S. officers inform NPR that the Biden administration is predicted to announce Thursday it is going to ship cluster bombs, or munitions, to Ukraine to focus on dug-in Russian forces. The controversial weapons drop dozens of bomblets that human rights teams say endanger civilians.

Ukraine and Russia are already utilizing cluster munitions on the battlefield, however Ukraine is operating low on ammunition and has pressed the U.S. to ship such weapons.

Officials say the cluster bombs might be efficient in opposition to Russian forces in sturdy defensive positions in addition to command and management headquarters.

More than 100 nations ban such weapons as a result of unexploded bomblets could be picked up by civilians, inflicting damage or loss of life. Cluster bombs launch a bigger variety of bomblets over a large space, they usually can proceed to pose a lethal threat even lengthy after the combating has ceased.

The U.S. has a big stockpile of cluster munitions and used them in each the Afghan and Iraq wars.