White House Set To Approve Depleted Uranium Munitions For Ukraine

The Wall Street Journal reports that the White House is set to approve depleted uranium munitions for Ukraine.

The Biden administration is set to transfer depleted uranium shells to Ukraine for the first time since the Russian invasion began The Wall Street Journal reports Tuesday.

Internal administration debate over the controversial munitions has been ongoing for several months, but an admin official quoted in WSJ says at this point there are "no major obstacles" to sending it, which will be used to equip M1 Abrams tanks provided by Washington. 

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This came at the request of the Ukrainians themselves: "The Pentagon has urged that the Abrams tanks the U.S. is providing Ukraine be armed with depleted-uranium rounds, which are regularly used by the U.S. Army and are highly effective against Russian tanks," WSJ writes.

Already the UK has been providing armor piercing rounds which contain depleted uranium for its Challenger 2 main batt...

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