NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg refused on Friday to give a stance on the delivery and use of cluster ammunitions in Ukraine, saying it is for individual NATO countries to decide what kind of weapons should be sent to Ukraine.

"NATO as an alliance doesn't have a position on the convention simply because there are different views among allies on the convention and then also on the possession of cluster munitions," Stoltenberg told journalists in Brussels.

"Russia is using cluster munitions to attack, to invade Ukraine, and Ukraine is using cluster munitions to protect itself against an aggressor," he said. "All allies, regardless of whether they have signed the convention on cluster munitions, agree that we should provide military support to Ukraine as we do, also Germany. But exactly what type of weapons, what type of munition varies between allies and will continue to vary over allies."

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has decided to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine for the war against Russia, but the United Nations urges the warring countries to avoid using them.

Cluster bombs open in the air to hit multiple targets at once.

Biden's administration is expected to announce Friday that the Pentagon will send thousands of cluster munitions as part of a new military aid package worth up to $800 million, according to people familiar with the decision.

There are widespread concerns that the bombs can cause civilian casualties. But the Pentagon will provide munitions that have a reduced “dud rate,” meaning there will be fewer unexploded rounds that can result in unintended civilian deaths.

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