#Putin framed the Western provision of depleted #uranium ammunition to #Ukraine as a significant escalation in order to bolster information operations aiming to deter Western security assistance to Ukraine & to place the onus for negotiations on the West. isw.pub/UkrWar032123
https://twitter.com/TheStudyofWar/status/1638350796705202176
2/ #Putin claimed on March 21, while discussing the Chinese peace plan, that the West is beginning to use weapons with a “nuclear” component in a response to the UK’s announcement that it would provide #Ukraine with shells with #DepletedUranium.
3/ Such munitions cannot be used to produce either nuclear or radiological weapons. #Putin seeks to portray the provision of depleted uranium shells as escalatory in order to deter Western security assistance despite the shells not containing any fissile or radiological material.
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