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The use of depleted uranium munitions has been fiercely debated, with opponents like the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons saying there are dangerous health risks from ingesting or inhaling depleted uranium dust, including cancers and birth defects.

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[โ€“] yogthos@lemmy.ml 37 points 1 year ago (68 children)

Just another piece of evidence that the west never actually cared about Ukraine or people living there. Ukrainians are just a pawn the west is using to try and weaken Russia with zero consideration for the lives of the people living there.

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[โ€“] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago

Wine cave warrior NAFO ghouls are already doing Adults In The Room armchair calculations about how these death treats will increase chances of a profitable victory for their corporate masters by .03216% and how it's a heroic sacrifice that disposable Ukrainians must make to defend the land for future profitability.

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[โ€“] bonus_crab@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Using depleted uranium rounds on your own territory seems bad. Especially since ukraine is a major exporter of grain.

Then again , shooting a gun inside is stupid, until someone is breaking in and trying to kill you.

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[โ€“] CascadeOfLight@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Luckily, the uranium dust is only a problem if the Ukrainian tanks actually get in sight of the Russians.

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[โ€“] Zuzak@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Yet more confirmation that the West regards Ukrainians as subhuman, and that they know they're not getting the territory back. Generations of birth defects, the unexploded bombs that cluster bombs leave behind, more and more people being drafted and shoved into a meat grinder in a war that's already lost, just so some American ghouls can make a bit of extra cash off their Raytheon stocks.

None of this was worth it. But it's going to keep happening. The US will keep arming Nazis and pushing war over diplomacy and destabilizing everything until something is done to get rid of those bastard war profiteers and the ghouls who lied us into Iraq and Afghanistan.

This shit's so fucking stupid. Can't wait for the chickenhawks to call me a bad person while sitting behind their keyboards demanding others be forced to fight in their stead.

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[โ€“] gnuhaut@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 year ago (27 children)

Why though? Can't imagine that these rounds are going to change the course of the war, so why? Are they out of non-Uranium ones?

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[โ€“] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Oh well... The amount of health risks that these rounds would cause would pale in comparison to the mines that the Orcs have planted everywhere. Anything to drive out the invaders!

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