British Armed Forces Minister James Heappey has confirmed that Ukraine received controversial depleted uranium from the UK for use with British-made Challenger 2 tanks.
“We have sent thousands of rounds of Challenger 2 ammunition to Ukraine, including depleted uranium armor-piercing rounds,” Heappey said in response to a question from Scottish MP Kenny MacAskill.
MacAskill asked if the UK was keeping track of how many depleted uranium rounds Kyiv was using, but Heappey declined to say. “For operational security reasons, we will not comment on Ukrainian usage rates for the rounds provided,” he said.
Heappey also said the depleted uranium rounds are now “under the control” of Ukraine’s armed forces and that the British Defense Ministry was not monitoring where the radioactive rounds were being used. “The Ministry of Defence does not monitor the locations from where DU rounds are fired by the AFU in Ukraine,” he said.
Depleted uranium is typically created as a byproduct of producing enriched uranium and is extremely dense, making it an effective metal to pierce tank armor. Since the munitions are radioactive, they are linked to cancer and birth defects, especially in Iraq, where US forces used an enormous number of the controversial munitions during the Gulf War and the 2003 invasion.
Russia previously warned it would treat the use of depleted uranium in Ukraine the same as a dirty bomb. The UK ignored the Russian warning and first confirmed in March it was sending the munitions. In response, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced he would deploy tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus.
The US could have also sent depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine as The Bradley Fighting Vehicles the US provided Kyiv can be equipped with the munitions. But the White House has refused to say if the Bradleys that have arrived in Ukraine came with depleted uranium ammunition.
UK deserves a severe punishment for using radioactive weapons, and US, as the sponsor of all this mess, too. Some people have the tendency of forgetting about Anglo-Saxon crimes, but when Russia retaliates, they are first to accuse Russia of “aggression”.
I thought the world had agreed that, after the negative fallout from their use in Iraq, these types of weapons would not be used again. The Ukraine plans to use these weapons on what they say is their own territory. What’s next, clusterbombs?
“What’s next, clusterbombs?”
Pretty sure both sides have been using those from the start.
This very site has a link to an article in which republicans are calling for 3 million rounds of cluster bombs to be sent to Ukraine.
“Britain Confirms Depleted Uranium Munitions are Now in Ukraine Ukraine was provided the controversial munitions for their British-made Challenger 2 tanks”
Russia needs to collect every piece of destroyed metal, all depleted uranium ammunition, and all contaminated soil and drop it all on London!!!
So it’s only a matter of time now until the entire UK is highly radioactive
The use of depleted uranium should be considered a war crime. It poisons the soil for centuries in a country that is the grain basket of Europe.
Quickly becoming the shit bucket of Europe…!!!!
What do you expect from a country which calls Churchill as their most important hero? They haven’t seen a war they didn’t love. The more blood shed, the better. Radiation poisoning of innocent civilians, is even better. (Sarcasm alert)
A very big taboo has been violated … the Anglo-Zio-Nazis slouching toward Bethlehem.
“Britain Confirms Depleted Uranium Munitions are Now in Ukraine Ukraine was provided the controversial munitions for their British-made Challenger 2 tanks”
Russia should collect every bit radioactive uranium from destroyed vehicles, every bit of polluted soil with dust and shrapnel from depleted uranium rounds, and any other radioactive material that NATO has brought to Ukraine and dump all of it on London.
The UK and America were quite cavalier when they polluted Serbia and Iraq with hundreds of tons of this poison. Both the UK and US claim that this ammunition is safe. If that is the case they should not complain when radioactive material from depleted uranium is dumped on London.
When depleted uranium hits a target the dust and shrapnel become a radioactive poison giving off alpha and beta radiation. If a human inhales this dust they will develop DNA damage leading to organ failure and cancer.
Depleted Uranium is so immoral that Russia eliminated it from their arsenal.
Eastern Ukraine has some of the richest farm land in the world. Using depleted uranium on it will poison it for thousands of years.
I would dump it in front of the 10 Downing St, the White House, and the UN building.
America’s poodle says what?
It’s the only way to continue the British Empire vicariously through the US empire.
more evidence of the moral bankruptcy of those who pushed for the war in Iraq, and now in Ukraine, and treating the people there as pawns for their globalist agenda
Not a very good thing to risk contaminating Ukraine’s agri-reputation.
They already are having problems with pesticides other contaminants. Is their livelyhood cannon fodder too…???? Some friend empire is…!!!
https://russian.rt.com/ussr/article/1141562-minoborony-rf-udar-punkty-vsu
“All designated objects are hit”: the Russian Ministry of Defense announced a strike on the points of deployment of reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
What reserves? Textbook.
NATO troops have nothing to fear.