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minus-squareRed_Scare [he/him]linkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-21 day agoAs if the conventional fighting and widespread atrocities weren’t enough. Between depleted uranium warheads supplied by the UK and landmines supplied by the US, Ukraine will be all but uninhabitable for generations to come. Depleted uranium cause birth defects for generations: https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2019/09/21/new-study-documents-depleted-uranium-impacts-on-children-in-iraq/ 84% of landmine victims are civilians, mostly children: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/20/sharp-rise-recorded-in-landmine-casualties-in-2023-warns-report
As if the conventional fighting and widespread atrocities weren’t enough.
Between depleted uranium warheads supplied by the UK and landmines supplied by the US, Ukraine will be all but uninhabitable for generations to come.
Depleted uranium cause birth defects for generations: https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2019/09/21/new-study-documents-depleted-uranium-impacts-on-children-in-iraq/
84% of landmine victims are civilians, mostly children: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/20/sharp-rise-recorded-in-landmine-casualties-in-2023-warns-report