Posted on 03/21/2023 11:04:18 AM PDT by Kazan
(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday condemned British plans to send tank ammunition that contains depleted uranium to Ukraine, saying Moscow would be forced to respond accordingly.
Speaking in London on Monday, Minister of State for Defence Annabel Goldie said some of the ammunition for the Challenger 2 battle tanks that Britain is sending to Ukraine includes armour piercing rounds which contain depleted uranium.
"If all this happens, Russian will have to respond accordingly, given that the West collectively is already beginning to use weapons with a nuclear component," Putin said in remarks after a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. He did not elaborate.
Russian politicians and commentators have made a series of combative remarks since the invasion of Ukraine last year, suggesting Moscow would - if necessary - be prepared to deploy its vast nuclear arsenal.
Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said the British decision left fewer and fewer steps before a potential "nuclear collision" between Russia and the West.
"Another step has been taken, and there are fewer and fewer left," he told reporters in remarks cited by domestic agencies.
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There is no “nuclear component” in the DU munitions. Putin is retarded.
sounds like Russia is really getting desperate with the excuses
I take it as covert sign that they’re NOT winning on the battlefield ...
He doesn’t know what Depleted means. Or he’s hoping no one else does and only focus on uranium part of it.
Any country that sends depleted Uranium ammo to Ukraine, really really doesn’t like Ukrainians
Health effects
https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/publications/oef-oif-ond/post-9-11-vet-2018/du.asp
What is depleted uranium?
What remains of the natural uranium is called “depleted” uranium (DU). DU has 60 percent of the radioactivity of natural uranium (hence, the word “depleted”), and since it is a heavy metal, it has the same chemical toxicity as natural uranium.
Warning: graphic
https://freepress.org/article/new-study-documents-depleted-uranium-impacts-children-iraq
DU shells coming from Biden, makes sense.
Depleted Uranium shells are dangerous once they explode due to possible inhalation or ingestion.
Depleted uranium is no more “dangerous” than lead. In the ‘70s I toured a plant in Massachusetts that made DU penetrators - they handled the swarf with no more precautions than they would leaded steel alloys or bronze.
Like any heavy metal, if you ingest it it will have toxic side effects.
Did he miss the point that it is “depleted” uranium? Nothing nuclear here.
Of course he knows what depleted means. And of course his comments are targeted towards the ignorant, who will assume that we are going to nuke Russia.
Unfortunately, “the ignorant” most likely includes at least half of the population of the U.S.
Depleted uranium will have much more serious heath effects for Russian tank crews. Not that they’ll care being dead and all.
Oh look, the “Boy Who Cried Nuke” is crying “nuke” again.
This is all so sick. Even if you don’t care about the russians, the contamination from this ammo will have long term health consequences on the Ukrainian people, esp. the children.
Biden refuses peace talks. Whatever the Dems and deep state RINOs did in Ukraine must be really, really bad.
Russia can have peace whenever they decide to leave Ukraine. All of it. Including Crimea.
Ah the neocons in the UK are all in with helping the US start WWIII.
Britain has been lying about Russia and the Ukraine since the pee tapes.
Nailed it
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