Russia has ‘sufficient stockpile’ of cluster bombs, says Putin

As Ukraine received cluster bombs from the US, Vladimir Putin said in an interview that Russia had a ‘sufficient stockpile’ of cluster munitions (Aleksey Babushkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published on Sunday that Russia has a “sufficient stockpile” of cluster munitions, and warned that Russia “reserves the right to take reciprocal action” if Ukraine uses the controversial weapons.

In his first comments on the delivery of cluster munitions to Ukraine from the US, Mr Putin said that Russia has not used cluster bombs in its war in Ukraine so far.