Russia on Thursday called the US decision to send depleted uranium ammunition for tanks to Ukraine a clear sign of its “inhumanity”.
“The decision by the US government to send depleted uranium shells to Kiev is a clear sign of inhumanity.”wrote the Russian embassy in Washington on the Telegram messaging platform.
for Russia, “Washington, obsessed with the idea of inflicting a ‘strategic defeat’ on Russia, is prepared to fight not only for the last Ukrainian, but also to wipe out future generations.”.
Moscow accused the US of “deliberately transferring weapons of indiscriminate effect” to Ukraine.
The embassy argued that the explosions of these munitions “create a radioactive cloud in motion and small uranium particles are deposited in the respiratory tract, lungs and esophagus, accumulate in the kidneys and liver, cause cancer and lead to inhibition of the functions of the whole.” organism”.
“It is fair to look at the ‘uranium footprint’ of Americans in Iraq and the Balkans, where thousands of citizens have suffered from cancer”he stressed.
Russia claimed the US is “deceiving itself” by supplying such munitions to Ukraine because it “refusals to accept the failure of the so-called counter-offensive” by Ukrainian forces in the east and south of the country, where Kiev says it is been progress.
“The course of the special military operation will not change: the Russian army will continue to methodically crush the weapons sent” to the Kiev government, the embassy stressed, referring to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Source: DN
