While French President Macron makes it clear that there “cannot be the Russian flag” at next year’s Olympics in Paris, Moscow is accusing the US of supplying Ukraine with weapons containing depleted uranium
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Macron: “There can be no Russian flag at the games in Paris.” But it doesn’t come close to the Moscow athletes
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Moscow: “The US plan to supply depleted uranium weapons is inhumane”
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Blinker announces a billion in new aid for Kiev to accelerate the counteroffensive
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $1 billion in new American support for Ukraine, including military, humanitarian and budget aid. “In the ongoing counteroffensive, progress has accelerated in recent weeks. This new aid will help support that and build further momentum,” Blinken said at a news conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba during the visit to Kyiv. The package includes the delivery to the Ukrainians of weapons that the US has supplied to the country in the past, including components of the air defense system, multiple launch guided missile systems for HIMARS, ammunition, munitions and communication systems.
(Portal) 03:03
Uranium ammunition can be fired from Abrams tanks arriving in the fall
An American official, speaking about the new package of US military aid to Ukraine, which for the first time includes depleted uranium ammunition, said that it could be fired from US-made Abrams tanks, which are expected to arrive in Ukraine in the fall arrive. The munitions are slightly radioactive because they are made of dense metal, a byproduct of producing fuel for nuclear power plants.
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Macron: “There can be no Russian flag at the games in Paris.” But it doesn’t come close to the Moscow athletes
“Of course there can’t be a Russian flag at the games Paris. Because Russia as a country has no place at a time when it has committed war crimes or deported children,” says French President Emmanuel Macron in an interview with L’Equipe dedicated to 2024. But he does not, conclude the Flagless Athletes: “I hope that a decision will be made in the conscience of the Olympic world and that the Ukrainians will also take part in this deliberation: think about what place to give to these Russian athletes who are a “We have prepared all our lives and can also be victims of this regime.”
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Moscow: “The US plan to supply depleted uranium weapons is inhumane”
Russia calls the US plan to supply Ukraine with depleted uranium weapons an “indicator of inhumanity”. “The government’s decision to supply weapons containing depleted uranium is a sign of inhumanity,” the Russian embassy in Washington said. “Apparently, Washington, with its idea of causing a ‘strategic defeat,’ is ready not only to fight to the last Ukrainian, but to eliminate entire generations.”
