The United States they will supply her Ukraine with depleted uranium munitions, which are highly effective against tanks and armored vehicles, the Pentagon announced.
These missiles, of 120 mm, used by the American Abrams tankswhich Washington promised to Kiev as part of a new $175 million military aid package.
According to the spokeswoman of the White House, in it the new package also includes HIMARS rocket launchersJavelin anti-tank guns, Abrams tanks and other weapon systems.
It is the first time that the US has stated that it intends to deliver depleted uranium missiles to Ukraine, which have a greater penetrative capacity but are considered controversial, due to the toxic risk they pose, both for the soldiers and the population. Britain had already announced, several months ago, its intention to send depleted uranium munitions, an initiative denounced by Moscow.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who is on a two-day visit to Ukraine, said during his meeting with the country’s president Volodymyr Zelensky that Kiev has made “significant progress” in the counteroffensive launched in June. He even said he was encouraged by the results of the counteroffensive and looked forward to hearing Zelensky’s account of the two days he spent near the front lines this week. “But we certainly see the significant progress that has been made on the counter-attack and that is very, very encouraging,” he added.
For his part, Zelensky warned that the coming winter will be “difficult”. “But we are happy because we will not go through it alone. We will do it together with our partners,” he continued, thanking the US for its assistance in the energy sector, which has been systematically targeted by Russian forces over the past year.
Earlier, Blinken met with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba. “We want to make sure that Ukraine has what it needs, not only to succeed in counterattacking but also in the long term, to ensure that it has sufficient deterrents“, write down.
Blinken’s visit was overshadowed, however, by the Russian attack on the city of Konstantinivka, where at least 17 people and 32 others were injured. President Zelensky condemned the attack, noting that a child was among the dead. “This Russian evil must be defeated as soon as possible,” he said, referring to a deliberate attack on a “quiet city.”
Councilors of the presidency posted videos in which a rocket-like sound is initially heard followed by an explosion, while people run for cover or fall to the ground.
Russia has not commented on the attack and denies that it deliberately targeted civilians. The German Minister of Defense, however, Analena Burbok, called the attack on “innocent people who were shopping in a market” “inhumane”. In her post on Platform X, the head of German diplomacy states that the attack on Konstantinivka proves that Russia’s aggressive actions constitute “an attack against international law and humanity”.
White House spokeswoman Karin Jean-Pierre said Russia’s “brutal attacks underscore the need to continue to support the Ukrainian people to defend their territory.”
Source: News Beast

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