{"id":2023717,"date":"2023-09-06T17:08:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T21:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-to-send-175-million-package-with-depleted-uranium-munitions-to-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T17:11:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T21:11:27","slug":"biden-administration-to-send-175-million-package-with-depleted-uranium-munitions-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-to-send-175-million-package-with-depleted-uranium-munitions-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin to send $175M package of depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-administration-to-send-175-million-package-with-depleted-uranium-munitions-to-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2023717&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Biden Administration to \u200dSupply Ukraine\u200d with Depleted Uranium Tank Rounds<\/h2>\n<p>The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it would supply \u200bUkraine with \u200bdepleted \u2064uranium tank rounds for the first\u2062 time in its ongoing war \u200bwith \u2064Russia.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe United States will continue \u2063to work with its Allies\u2062 and partners to \u200dprovide Ukraine\u2063 with capabilities to meet its immediate battlefield \u200bneeds and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-spy-balloon-controversy-biden-admin-approves-2-1-billion-aid-package-to-defend-ukrainian-skies\/\" title=\"Amid Spy Balloon Controversy, Biden Admin Approves .1 Billion Aid Package to Defend Ukrainian Skies\">longer-term security assistance requirement<\/a>,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/3516840\/biden-administration-announces-additional-security-assistance-for-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news\u200d release<\/a> from the Department of Defense said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Reuters, the decision\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us-send-its-first-depleted-uranium-rounds-ukraine-sources-2023-09-01\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly<\/a> comes after weeks of internal debate about\u200d sending \u2063the controversial \u201carmor-piercing\u201d munitions that \u200ccan\u200b be fired from U.S.\u2062 Abrams tanks.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Boston, a\u2062 defense analyst at the Rand \u2064Corporation and \u2063former Army artillery\u200d officer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/u-s-set-to-approve-depleted-uranium-tank-rounds-for-ukraine-f6d98dcf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> The Wall Street Journal the projectile\u2019s impact is similar to \u201ca freight train.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt is very long\u200d and very dense,\u201d\u2063 Boston \u200dsaid. \u201cSo it puts a great\u2064 deal of kinetic \u200benergy on a specific\u2063 point on an enemy armor array.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Boston \u2062said that although\u2063 tank-on-tank fighting has not been common during\u200c the war,\u2062 the U.S. would \u201clike the\u200d Ukrainians to win at it\u201d \u200cto the extent that it does happen.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063Biden administration \u2062previously said it would\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-to-send-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine\/\" title=\"US to provide Ukraine with cluster munitions.\">send cluster munitions<\/a> to Ukraine despite the danger it poses to civilians. Britain reportedly first sent <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/what-are-depleted-uranium-weapons-what-are-risks-2023-03-23\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-will-respond-accordingly-if-ukraine-receives-depleted-uranium-shells\/\" title=\"Russia will respond \u2018accordingly\u2019 if Ukraine receives depleted uranium shells\">depleted uranium munitions<\/a><\/span><\/a> to Ukraine, \u200cbut \u200dthe\u200b U.S. has held off\u2063 until \u2062now.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cInternational Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons has argued that ingesting or \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-to-send-175-million-package-with-depleted-uranium-munitions-to-ukraine\/\" title=\"Biden Admin to send 5M package of depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine.\">inhaling \u200cdepleted uranium dust<\/a> could lead to various cancers \u200dand birth defects, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1693504018745000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1RMMjCvCBOBYdpkw5O_njE\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>However, studies by <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">the\u200b International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations\u2019 nuclear \u2062watchdog,<\/span> in <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Yugoslavia, Kuwait, Iraq, and Lebanon show \u201cthe existence of depleted uranium residues \u200ddispersed\u200d in the environment does not pose\u2064 a radiological\u200d hazard to the population of the affected regions,\u201d Reuters noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the anti-tank\u2063 weapons, U.S. officials sent air \u2064defense equipment and other artillery munitions valued at up to $175 million in its forty-sixth tranche of equipment. Since the full-scale war erupted\u2062 in February 2022, the U.S. has spent\u200b more than $43 billion on\u200b security assistance\u200b to meet Ukraine\u2019s critical security and defense needs.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2023\/08\/10\/biden-asks-more-money-ukraine-counteroffensive-sputters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked<\/a> Congress \u2063last month \u200bto approve an additional $20.6 billion package to Ukraine for military aid and economic, humanitarian, and security assistance for other countries\u2064 impacted by the \u2062war, according to The \u2064Washington Post.<\/p>\n<h3>Secretary of State Antony \u200bBlinken&#8217;s\u200c Surprise \u2063Visit to Ukraine<\/h3>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken\u2062 made another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/blinken-returns-to-ukraine-to-meet-with-zelensky-as-war-with-russia-drags-on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">surprise\u200b visit<\/a> to Ukraine on Wednesday to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other officials.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cReturned \u2063to Kyiv\u200d today to meet with\u200c our Ukrainian partners to \u200cdiscuss their ongoing counteroffensive, future assistance and \u200dreconstruction\u2064 efforts, and above \u2062all, to\u2062 reinforce the unwavering \u200dU.S. commitment to Ukraine,\u201d Blinken <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecBlinken\/status\/1699364627216310384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in an X-post.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The visit comes as Zelensky replaced Defense\u2062 Minister Oleksii Reznikov and President Joe Biden urged Congress to\u200b approve more American funding for Ukraine. Reznikov \u2064was removed amid allegations of corruption within the Ukrainian military, which has received billions of dollars in aid from the U.S. One recently released report from \u200bthe \u200cDepartment of\u2064 Defense showed that criminal gangs were likely\u2064 taking military equipment\u200c and weapons from the\u200d front lines, some of which may have \u200dbeen sent by the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority\u200b Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/09\/06\/mitch-mcconnell-ukraine-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expressed<\/a> \u2064support for continued aid to Ukraine after some Republicans have shifted their position on sending aid.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSince Putin\u2019s\u2062 escalation in\u200c Ukraine, President Biden has not been as\u200c decisive as many of us would have preferred,\u201d McConnell said in remarks on the Senate floor Wednesday, reported by The \u200dWashington Post. \u201cBut this is no excuse for Congress to compound his administration\u2019s failures with failures of our own.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The House Freedom Caucus \u2064has already announced\u2064 that it will \u201coppose any blank check for Ukraine in any supplemental appropriations bill\u201d\u2063 as \u2063a\u2064 battle over government funding looms before Congress.<\/p>\n<p>In the Senate, \u200bSen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) has \u2062said she would oppose a move to separate \u200bfederal funding for\u200b disaster relief at home from funding for Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration will provide Ukraine with depleted uranium tank rounds for the first time in its war with Russia. 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