The next shipment by the United States to Ukraine of depleted uranium ammunition for tanks Promised M1 Abrams have angered Russia at a time when the Ukrainian counter-offensive is gaining momentum south of the eastern city of Bakhmut and west of the southeastern region of Zaporizhia.
“This is, in fact, a criminal act (…)”, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Riabkov on Thursday.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who was visiting the Ukrainian province of Chernigov on Thursday, announced a new package of military and civilian assistance of more than 1 billion dollars for Ukraine, which includes for the first time 120-millimeter caliber ammunition with depleted uranium for M1 Abrams tanks.
US President Joe Biden promised Ukraine last January 31 units of these armored.
“We want to make sure that the Ukrainians can be as effective as possible in this counteroffensive (…), explained the spokesman for the White House National Security Council, John Kirby, in Washington.