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The use of depleted uranium munitions has been fiercely debated, with opponents like the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons saying there are dangerous health risks from ingesting or inhaling depleted uranium dust, including cancers and birth defects.

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[-] roguetrick@kbin.social 70 points 1 year ago

Whatever munition you choose, it will lead to heavy metal poisoning.

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[-] Bloobish@hexbear.net 67 points 1 year ago

Ahh wonderful, time for so many future children to be born horribly disfigured via contaminated drinking water. Also don't forget all the booming cancer rates!

[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 65 points 1 year ago

We have advanced beyond fighting to the last Ukranian and are now involving future Ukranians

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[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 65 points 1 year ago

Just another piece of evidence that the west never actually cared about Ukraine or people living there. Ukrainians are just a pawn the west is using to try and weaken Russia with zero consideration for the lives of the people living there.

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[-] CombatLiberalism@hexbear.net 54 points 1 year ago

Every person involved in making this decision deserves to be buried in an unmarked grave with the weapons they love so much. How many innocent people completely uninvolved with the war are going to grow up suffering the effects of depleted uranium rounds? Another absolutely monstrous decision in a long line of monstrous decisions by the US government.

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[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 52 points 1 year ago

Can't wait for Azov to become the new Taliban and bite America in the ass

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[-] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 50 points 1 year ago

dropping a bunch of depleted uranium around seems a lot like the actions of a state that couldn't give less of a shit about the wellbeing of the people living there

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[-] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

OP is known tankie just fyi. Doesn't justify US or Ukrainian actions but make sure you understand that the reason for posting this isn't out of any actual concern for human beings. They're also peddling covid conspiracies

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 79 points 1 year ago

They posted a Reuters article

Is that an evil tankie propaganda website now?

[-] SnAgCu@hexbear.net 78 points 1 year ago

Ah but they posted the Reuters article maliciously. In a scheming, tankie sort of way.

[-] honeynut@lemm.ee 68 points 1 year ago

peddling covid conspiracies

like what?

[-] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 65 points 1 year ago

Probably the conspiracy that the virus is still a pandemic and people are still dying and we should all wear masks, you know the truth

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[-] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 66 points 1 year ago

OP is known tankie just fyi.

Hilarious.

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[-] ThisMachineKillsFascists@hexbear.net 60 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So let me get this straight, according to you:

The people that don't support either side of the war and want to end it as fast as possible through peace talks are evil tankies.

And the bloodthirsty monsters that want to prolong a pointless war, arm Azov Nazis and kill as many people as possible with illegal inhumane weapons that scar generations are freedom-loving liberals.

Seems like the tankies are the more reasonable ones in this situation.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 52 points 1 year ago

That's an interesting point, but have you considered Harry Potter?

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