MOSCOW, Sept. 1 The administration of US President Joe Biden plans to announce for the first time the shipment of depleted uranium projectiles to Ukraine, Reuters reported, citing a document and sources.
«The Biden administration will send disputed armor-piercing munitions containing depleted uranium to Ukraine for the first time,» the publication says.
Announce new aid package Washington is due next week. According to the agency, the shells will be supplied to fight Russian tanks, they can be used in American Abrams tanks, which are expected to be delivered to Ukraine in the coming weeks.
The new package military aid will amount to between 240 and 375 million dollars.
Earlier, the United Kingdom announced its intention to transfer shells with a core of depleted uranium to Ukraine along with Challenger tanks. President Vladimir Putin, speaking about this initiative, said that the West decided to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian, not in words, but in deeds. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted that such supplies lead to radiation contamination of soils in the country and turn it into «land unsuitable for life.»
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