{"id":2024210,"date":"2023-09-07T02:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T06:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-to-send-depleted-uranium-shells-to-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T02:34:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T06:34:08","slug":"us-to-send-depleted-uranium-shells-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-to-send-depleted-uranium-shells-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"US to send depleted uranium shells 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\">16<\/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%2Fus-to-send-depleted-uranium-shells-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=2024210&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--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>The Biden administration is \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/free-beacon-staff-to-editors-arm-the-nathan-robinson-regime-to-prevent-communist-takeover-of-current-affairs\/\" title=\"Free Beacon Staff to Editors: Arm the Nathan Robinson Regime To Prevent Communist Takeover of \u2018Current Affairs\u2019\">taking decisive action<\/a> to support Ukraine\u2062 in its ongoing \u2062struggle\u2062 against Russian aggression. As part of a $175 million military equipment \u200dpackage, the Department of Defense announced\u2063 on Sept. 6 that\u200d depleted uranium rounds will be sent to Ukraine. These rounds \u2064will be used in the Abrams tanks\u2063 previously \u2063provided by\u200c the United States.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>This move has sparked\u200d controversy, as depleted uranium \u200cis a highly dense metal used in armored vehicle plating and armor-piercing munitions. While it is expected to\u2062 enhance Ukraine&#8217;s ability to counter Russian tanks, there \u200bare concerns about \u200cthe potential spread of radiation-related illnesses and environmental\u2064 damage caused by discarded uranium shells.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Despite the controversy, Secretary\u200b of State Antony Blinken emphasized \u2064the \u200bUnited States&#8217; unwavering support for \u200bUkraine during a meeting with Ukrainian\u200b leadership\u2064 in Kyiv. \u200dHe stated \u2063that the goal is to provide Ukraine \u2064with the necessary resources to succeed in the counteroffensive and prevent future aggressions.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Depleted Uranium: A Controversial Boon to\u200d Ukraine<\/b><\/h2>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Depleted uranium is a slightly radioactive material produced \u200bas a\u200b byproduct\u2062 of uranium enrichment for nuclear weapons. Its exceptional density makes it ideal for armor and armor-piercing purposes. However,\u2064 concerns \u2064about the health effects\u200d and environmental impact \u2064of depleted uranium\u2064 have led to international controversy.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While the United Nations General Assembly has conducted reviews\u200b on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-report-says-this-fruit-contains-the-most-pesticides\/\" title=\"New Report Says This Fruit Contains the Most Pesticides\">adverse health effects<\/a> of depleted uranium, subsequent studies have found no substantial evidence linking the munitions to serious poisoning. The \u2063United Nations Scientific \u200bCommittee \u2062on the Effects \u2063of Atomic Radiation has also concluded that there is no\u2062 clinically significant radiation \u2062pathology associated\u200b with the use of such \u2063munitions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>In March, the United Kingdom announced its own shipment of <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.\">depleted uranium tank rounds<\/a> to Ukraine. This aligns with the United States&#8217; shipment, which provides rounds for the Abrams tanks, and the\u200b UK&#8217;s shipment, which corresponds \u200cto the British-provided \u200bChallenger tank.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><b>Russia Vows Escalation,\u200c Invokes &#8216;Nuclear Armageddon&#8217;<\/b><\/h2>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Russia\u2063 responded to the UK&#8217;s announcement by making threats and falsely claiming \u200bthat the rounds contained a &#8220;nuclear component.&#8221; Anatoly \u2063Antonov, Russia&#8217;s ambassador to the\u200d United\u200c States, warned of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-to-send-depleted-uranium-shells-to-ukraine\/\" title=\"US to send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-panel-approves-858-billion-bill-that-would-require-women-to-register-for-draft\/\" title=\"Senate Panel Approves 8 Billion Bill That Would Require Women to Register for Draft\">depleted uranium shells<\/a> to Ukraine.&#8221;>highly toxic \u2064radioactive dust settling<\/a>\u2064 from the use of depleted uranium shells.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration is bolstering Ukraine&#8217;s defense against Russian aggression by sending depleted uranium rounds. The Department of Defense revealed plans to provide $175 million worth of military equipment, marking the 46th package sent since the war began. This move showcases ongoing support for Ukraine&#8217;s security and stability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"featured_media":2024211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2024210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2024210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2024211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2024210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2024210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2024210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}