The weapons have been linked to spikes in birth defects, miscarriages and cancer.
A row of U.S. Army 25mm rounds of depleted uranium ammunition in Tikrit, Iraq, on February 11, 2004.The Biden administration will, for the first time, send controversial armor-piercing munitions containing depleted uranium to Ukraine, according toThe munition can be fired from U.S. Abrams tanks, which are expected to arrive in Ukraine in the coming weeks.
The shells, which will come from U.S. excess inventory, would be funded by the Presidential Drawdown Authority, which lets the president make transfers from US stocks without Congress’ approval in the case of an emergency. This follows an earlier decision by the Biden administration to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine despite concerns over the dangers such weapons pose to civilians.to retaliate with DU rounds — which are linked to birth defects, miscarriages and cancer.
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