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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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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (28 children)

Why though? Can't imagine that these rounds are going to change the course of the war, so why? Are they out of non-Uranium ones?

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 year ago (13 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Nope the effectiveness is the point.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Imagine being this bloodthirsty you're willing to let Ukrainians suffer the effects of depleted uranium just to kill more Russians

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"let" Ukrainians.

Your patronising colonial mask is slipping.

Ukrainians have ASKED for these weapons so they can get rid of the murderous, child torturing Russians out of their country.

Stop amplifying the propaganda of child torturers.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"Opposing the poisoning of masses of innocent people who had no say in the war is propaganda. I am very smart!" smuglord

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago

it's kind of impressive how consistently we get the dumbest takes possible from lemmy.ee

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think Russia would be the most bloodthirsty if this was a contest. Good try though.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago

Na, that's still you

Also least self aware

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago

The body count of the West is several orders of magnitude higher than Russia's

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Please don't use that against them, even as a bit as it's extremely powerful and causes irreperable emotional damage. Be mindful, libs are people too.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Imagine defending a regime that targets hospitals and schools for missile attacks and rains white phosphorous down on cities.

If the Russians cared about anything beyond their own expansionist agenda, they'd retreat and end the war they started. If you actually cared about the suffering of Ukrainians, you would stop being a mouthpiece for that regime.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Fuck, I almost thought you were on about the US and Israel but guess not ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Too bad you still are pushing for the war to even continue. You don't want the Russians to genocide every single Ukrainian so you still propose they should just do it themselves and continue running straight into landmines. 🙄

How about some peace talks? Maybe? Oh wait Boris Johnson thought otherwise...

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