 Ukraine is preparing to use the cluster munitions received from the US in Bakhmut. US supply cluster munitions have already arrived in Ukraine and will soon be ready for use. According to media reports, they are to be used in Bakhmut. Oleksandr Sirsky, commander of the ground forces of the armed forces of Ukraine, said this in an interview with the BBC. General Sirsky confirmed that US cluster munitions had now arrived in Ukraine and would be ready to use within days. The journalists have also stated that they saw the US supplied M777 howitzers, which will fire the cluster shells already in position around Bakhmut. Earlier, President Vladimir Putin said that Russia has a stockpile of cluster munitions and will consider using them against Ukraine if they are used against us. Putin also claimed that Russia has not yet used cluster munitions, despite evidence to the contrary. Many observers believe that Russia has been using cluster munitions in Ukraine during the conflict, despite Putin's claims, arguing that weapons the US is providing to Ukraine are of better quality and leave behind a much lower rate of unexploded ordinance. For its part, Ukraine has promised to keep the bombs away from densely populated areas. Cluster munitions contain multiple explosives that are released over an area up to the size of several football fields. They can be dropped from a plane or launched from the ground or sea.