Today, the Russia-Ukraine War has reached a grim milestone, with the statistics on the 500th day of the war showing just how much both sides have lost. At least 62,500 people have been killed, with over 60,000 others injured. At least 15,000 people are missing, and over 17 million people in total have been displaced. Over 140,000 buildings have been destroyed, and the war has caused at least $411 billion in damages. Now, as this day has come and gone, the United States has approved a new military aid package to Ukraine, which also includes controversial cluster munitions. These unique bombs explode into smaller bombs (called submunitions), and are designed to attack a large area. However, these bombs are banned in over 100 countries around the world, so Ukraine announced that they would not use these munitions in Russia. Ukraine's Defense Minister announced after the aid package was approved that they welcome the helpful munitions, but they would only be used to liberate Ukrainian territory that had been taken by Russia. He also said that it would help to save the lives of many soldiers, but they would keep a strict record of the cluster munition usage for their partners in NATO.
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