Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko, during a visit to Beijing, warned that the U.S. provision of cluster munitions to the Kiev regime could constitute a war crime. “The Collective West and NATO aren’t at all interested in resolving the conflict peacefully,” she said. “On the contrary, they are interested in prolonging and escalating the conflict. Increasing weapons supplies to Ukraine are yet another proof of that. And now, a never-before-seen and criminal decision to provide Ukraine with cluster munitions has been made. If it happens, I believe that it would be a war crime. It runs counter to all international documents.”