Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.

Now they need a firepower boost from M26 cluster rockets, a former US artillery officer says. These munitions would increase the lethality of its HIMARS and threaten Russian artillery pieces.

May 12, 2025: In 2024 Ukraine used HIMARS missiles equipped with cluster munitions. Each 300 kg missile contains 644 submunitions. When a submunition explodes, it will wound or kill anyone within ...

But if you're firing DPICM cluster munitions your chances increase 88 times." A Ukrainian soldier stands on top of a HIMARS in the Bakhmut direction on May 18, 2023, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

The convoy consisted of military trucks and buses carrying army personnel, with 20 soldiers killed in the attack.

known as HIMARS, the officials said. A formal announcement is expected Friday afternoon. These cluster munitions release smaller "bomblets" designed to kill personnel and destroy vehicles.

White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan announced on Friday afternoon plans to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions—bombs or shells that release a hail of mini-bombs over a large ...

"For the first time in the war, there is video confirmation of Ukraine using HIMARS M30 Cluster Munition GMLRS Rockets against Russian Soldiers," Ukraine Battle Map said next to the clip posted ...

or HIMARS, said retired Army Maj. Gen. Patrick Donahoe, former commander of the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Georgia. Not only would these cluster munitions devastate Russian ...

Cluster bombs are weapons that open in the air ... air defense systems and High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), Bradley Fighting Vehicles and other military aid "With this announcement ...