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The West has ‘brought humankind to the brink of nuclear Armageddon’ with its decision to use depleted uranium ammo in Ukraine, says Russia’s US envoy

• Anatoly Antonov was responding to statements by US officials that depleted-uranium munitions are standard types of weapons
• The British defense ministry on Monday confirmed it would provide Ukraine with armour-piercing rounds containing depleted uranium

By JAMES CALLERY FOR MAILONLINE, 24 March 2023

Western countries led by the US have decided to bring humankind to the brink of a nuclear Armageddon, Russia’s Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said in Washington on Wednesday.

He was responding to statements by US officials that depleted-uranium munitions are standard types of weapons that have been used for decades and do not pose any heightened risk.

The British defense ministry confirmed on Monday that it would provide Ukraine with armour-piercing rounds containing depleted uranium.

……….. ‘US officials have reached a new low with their irresponsible statements. There is a continuous flow of lethal weapons to Ukraine, which are used to annihilate civilians, residential areas, schools, hospitals, kindergartens,’ Antonov said, according to a statement from the embassy…………….

The ammunition, which enhances ability to overcome defenses on tanks, ‘is not radioactive’ and ‘not anywhere close to going into’ the sphere of nuclear weaponry, Kirby said.

White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby called Moscow’s complaints a ‘straw man’ argument………… ‘This is a commonplace type of munition that is used particularly for its armour-piercing capabilities. “

……….. Kirby said, however, that the US is ‘not providing depleted uranium’……………………………………………… https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11893717/Russias-envoy-Decision-use-depleted-uranium-ammo-risks-nuclear-Armageddon.html

March 25, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | depleted uranium, Ukraine