Four Republican leaders of House and Senate foreign relations and armed services committees are urging President Joe Biden to waive a ban on cluster bombs and send them to Ukraine to help them beat back Russia.

The request was made in a letter to Biden from Sens. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking members of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees, and Reps. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Mike Rogers, R-Ala., chairs of the House Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees, according to reports.

“We write to urge you to immediately provide cluster munitions, such as dual purpose improved conventional munitions (DPICM), to the Ukrainian Armed forces,” the letter, posted to Twitter and reported by Politico, began.

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