Ukraine's ambassador to Türkiye denies claims on Ankara's sending cluster munitions to Kyiv

Ukraine’s ambassador to Türkiye on January 11 dismissed claims that Ankara was sending cluster bombs to Ukraine as unfounded rumours and propaganda warfare.

Asked about an article “Turkey Is Sending Cold War-Era Cluster Bombs to Ukraine” in US Foreign Policy magazine, Vasyl Bodnar told Anadolu that international law prohibits cluster bombs and ammunition and that Kyiv complies with international rules in its war to hold back Russia, Anadolu reports.

Noting that the article did not cite any official sources but instead relied on “some kind of rumours,” Bodnar said that he believed the allegation was part of a “Russian propaganda machine” against both Türkiye and Ukraine.

“I fully deny it, it is not true,” he said. “The information was specifically constructed as psychological information warfare weapons, just to undermine the relationship between Ukraine and Türkiye and try to create the wrong image of Ukraine and Türkiye.”