The Biden administration will for the first time send controversial armor-piercing munitions containing depleted uranium to Ukraine, according to a document seen by Reuters and separately confirmed by two U.S. officials.

The use of depleted uranium munitions has been fiercely debated, with opponents like the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons saying there are dangerous health risks from ingesting or inhaling depleted uranium dust, including cancers and birth defects.

  • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.de
    147·
    10 months ago

    No individual measure aside from troops on the ground or nukes is going to change the course of the war by itself.

    The ammunition is very effective at punching through the armor. But the Ukrainians will be fucked when in 5 years Leukemia in children is skyrocketing

      • Łumało [he/him]@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        55·
        10 months ago

        So what, you’re suggesting that right now they are “winning”? By what metric are they “winning”? Western brownie points? Because all of the teenagers and young adults that are 6ft under would beg to differ.