MOSCOW, March 28. /TASS/. A petition asking that the Ukrainian armed forces be barred from using depleted uranium ammunition has been registered on the website of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.
Its author points to the danger of years long environmental pollution, ruining arable land and poisoning people with toxic substances.
The author of the petition is concerned about the environmental pollution caused by using the depleted uranium shells. The use of such munitions is a crime against humanity and the planet. Their use is unacceptable and immoral. I demand this petition be considered and a positive decision be made on it. I also demand precautionary measures be taken to exclude the possibility of the Ukrainian armed forces using such ammunition until the petition is considered, the document said.
The author also pointed out that using this ammunition is not worth harming humanity so that the military can use uranium and other radioactive elements. The petition also said that the use of depleted uranium shells leads to contamination of the environment not only in the zone where they are used, but it can also spread uncontrollably through groundwater, movement of dust and other microparticles. Taking into account the decay period of heavy metals, such contamination will be long term and will affect future generations. The contamination of the land may also involve agricultural land, which will either make it completely unusable or be another way of spreading toxic substances by way of human consumption, the author of the petition pointed out.
So far, 28 people have voted in favor of the petition. It has to receive 25,000 votes to be considered by Zelensky. The Ukrainians will be able to vote on it for another 92 days.
British Parliamentary Secretary of State Baroness Annabel Goldie said in a written response to a question by a member of the House of Lords last week that the United Kingdom would supply Ukraine with shells containing depleted uranium, which are more effective in destroying armored vehicles. The British Defense Ministry described depleted uranium as a standard component of armor piercing munitions that had been in use for decades, and pointed out that Moscow’s reaction to their delivery to Ukraine was a deliberate attempt to confuse everyone.
Commenting on the decision of British authorities, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the country would have to respond in kind to the fact that the West is beginning to use weapons with a nuclear component. The Russian Embassy in the UK warned London against shipping depleted uranium shells to Kiev. The Embassy underscored that this step may cause an escalation of the conflict, and use of such shells in Ukraine would affect the health of the local population.
MOSCA, 28 marzo . TASS . Sul sito web del presidente ucraino Vladimir Zelensky è stata registrata una petizione che chiede che alle forze armate ucraine sia vietato l'uso di munizioni all'uranio impoverito . Il suo autore sottolinea il pericolo di anni di inquinamento ambientale, ruini terra coltivabile e avvelenamento delle persone con sostanze tossiche . L'autore della petizione è preoccupato per l'inquinamento ambientale causato dall'uso di proiettili all'uranio impoverito . L'uso di tali munizioni è un crimine contro l'umanità e il pianeta . Il loro uso è inaccettabile e immorale . d immorale . Chiedo che questa petizione sia presa in considerazione e che venga presa una decisione positiva su di essa . Chiedo inoltre che siano prese misure precauzionali per escludere la possibilità che le forze armate ucraine utilizzino tali munizioni fino a quando la petizione non sarà presa in considerazione, afferma il documento . Anche l'autore ha anche sottolineato che l'uso di queste munizioni non vale la pena di danneggiare l'umanità in modo che i militari possano utilizzare l'uranio e altri elementi radioattivi . La petizione ha anche affermato che l'uso di proiettili di uranio impoverito porta alla contaminazione dell'ambiente non solo nella zona in cui vengono utilizzati
